Agreement with Vertigo Games Announced to Develop First-Ever, PC-Online SmackDown vs. Raw Experience
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced an agreement with PC-Online game developer Vertigo Games for WWE® SmackDown® vs. Raw® Online (working title). Scheduled for release in Asia in late 2010, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw Online will mark the [...]

EA to Acquire Assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea
Deal Will Strengthen the Presence of EA Mobile in Asia and Expand its Development and Publishing Teams as the Global Mobile Leader
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that it had agreed to acquire the assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea, a leading Korean mobile developer and publisher, [...]

Gala-Net has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Korean publisher, NOWCOM, to license Tales Runner in North America through Gala-Net’s game portal, www.gpotato.com.
Tales Runner, developed by Rhaon Entertainment, is a free-to-play online racing game that offers various types of racing modes. Tales Runner, already a huge hit in Korea, Japan, and [...]

Nintendo Calls Out China, Korea, Brazil, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Mexico
Nintendo of America Inc. has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems. Nintendo filed its comments under a “Special 301″ process, in which the U.S. [...]