AR glasses maker Nreal raises $60M in funding led by Alibaba
Nreal, a maker of augmented reality glasses, has raised $60 million in a funding round led by China’s ecommerce giant Alibaba. Beijing-based Nreal is...
India is gaming’s next boomtown
While the gaming industry grossed over $108 billion globally in 2017, the digital gaming landscape in India was marked at $890 million which is...
Vainglory studio Super Evil Megacorp signs esports deal with Alibaba
Super Evil Megacorp has teamed up with Alibaba’s Alisports division to feature the Vainglory mobile game in the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG), which...
16 predictions for the Chinese and Southeast Asian games industry in 2018
In celebration of 16 years of delivering market intelligence on the Chinese and Greater Southeast Asian digital games industry, we’ve put together 16 predictions...
ARKit and ARCore are leaving VR in the rearview mirror
AR/VR has become a two speed market, with mobile AR set to have over twice the number of users at launch in 2017 than...
Magic Leap CEO responds to hype-bursting report that its tech is subpar
Magic Leap, a buzzy augmented reality startup privately valued at $4.5 billion, overhyped its technology, according to a report on Thursday. The article by...
Samsung and Tencent in race to become Asia’s most valuable firm
(Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Samsung Electronics are racing to be crowned Asia’s most valuable company as expectations for robust earnings growth push their...
SoftBank plans to sell Puzzle & Dragons maker in deal valued at $685 million
SoftBank Group plans to sell most of its stake in GungHo Online Entertainment to management of the game publisher in deal valued at ¥73...
Razer is in talks to acquire Android microconsole maker Ouya
With Razer's interest, it's clear that Ouya's platform is attractive to big companies, if not to gamers themselves.
Alibaba invests $10M in struggling Ouya amid rumors the Chinese megacorp is making its own console
The company that kicked off Android gaming on televisions may get a second chance to make that a reality in China.