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An underwhelming Q3 sees Square Enix streamline its business units News Feb 20th, 2019

An underwhelming Q3 sees Square Enix streamline its business units

11 reduced to four, won’t result in any workforce reduction

PlayStation Vita shipments to end soon in Japan confirming end for handheld News Feb 19th, 2019

PlayStation Vita shipments to end soon in Japan confirming end for handheld

Vita Island is no more

Japanese developer Mixi partners with XTech to accelerate M&A plans News Feb 19th, 2019

Japanese developer Mixi partners with XTech to accelerate M&A plans

Partnership could see expenditure of up to $271 million

GungHo breathes new life into Puzzle & Dragons as MAUs and sales increase in Q4 News Feb 12th, 2019

GungHo breathes new life into Puzzle & Dragons as MAUs and sales increase in Q4

Sales and profits up quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year

South Korea’s Kakao considers $9bn Nexon bid News Feb 5th, 2019

South Korea’s Kakao considers $9bn Nexon bid

Potentially one of the companies biggest acquisitions

Nintendo president: "We certainly want to release mobile games across a wide variety of genres" News Jan 28th, 2019

Nintendo president: "We certainly want to release mobile games across a wide variety of genres"

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa believes the Switch is strong enough as-is to meet the company's ambitions

Animoca Brands brings in former Mozilla exec to head up strategic partnerships Job News Nov 21st, 2018

Animoca Brands brings in former Mozilla exec to head up strategic partnerships

As part of his role Gen Kanai will help to advance the company’s blockchain strategy

DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan News Nov 7th, 2018

DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan

Will Japan prove a successful venture for the hit MOBA?

Monster Strike and Puzzle & Dragons have grossed more than $7 billion each News Oct 24th, 2018

Monster Strike and Puzzle & Dragons have grossed more than $7 billion each

More than five years later, Mixi’s game is still experiencing revenue growth

Supercell takes Clash Royale League World Finals 2018 to Japan News Oct 2nd, 2018

Supercell takes Clash Royale League World Finals 2018 to Japan

Event leaves London behind in favour of Asia

Nintendo successfully sues Tokyo’s unofficial Mario Kart tours for $89,000 News Oct 1st, 2018

Nintendo successfully sues Tokyo’s unofficial Mario Kart tours for $89,000

Real-life Mario Kart operator MariCar ordered to stop using Nintendo's property immediately

Former Fate/Grand Order and Zero Escape devs launch new indie studio News Sep 12th, 2018

Former Fate/Grand Order and Zero Escape devs launch new indie studio

Four titles are currently in the works, one anime and three games

Nintendo Direct delayed following earthquake in Japan News Sep 6th, 2018

Nintendo Direct delayed following earthquake in Japan

The games showcase will be rescheduled soon

Nintendo Switch closes on five million sales in Japan News Sep 5th, 2018

Nintendo Switch closes on five million sales in Japan

Handheld hybrid has sold almost five million units in its home market

Sony’s Hiroyuki Oda believes the Nintendo Switch has had “positive influence” on the industry News Sep 4th, 2018

Sony’s Hiroyuki Oda believes the Nintendo Switch has had “positive influence” on the industry

But kind words won't change the company line on collaboration in the gaming sector.

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