Nintendo Taiwan Office is Closed

APRIL 22, 2014 • After 23 years in operation Nintendo is closing down its Taiwan branch on May 31. Most employees of Nintendo Taiwan (Nintendo Phuten Co., Ltd.) in Taipei will exit the office by the end of April, however. Responsibility for the Taiwan market will be assumed by Nintendo’s Hong Kong branch. Nintendo says there will be no retrenchment from the Taiwan market with agents, dealers and service system in the country remaining unchanged after the s.....

CCP Cancels Vampire MMO

APRIL 14, 2014 • When CCP Games acquired Atlanta-based White Wolf Publishing late in 2006 a Vampire MMO based on the Vampire: The Masquerade RPG series was already in the planning stages. Although production on World of Darkness was intended to start in the 2008-2009 timeframe, the title never exited pre-production and has now been officially cancelled. A year ago CCP showed off video .....

Amazon Fire TV Unveiled

APRIL 2, 2014 • By leveraging the technology and experience gained from its Kindle Fire tablets Amazon.com has marketed a $99 streaming set-top box called the Amazon Fire TV. The unit is already available for purchase online, and goes up against similar 1080p video internet delivery systems available from Roku, Inc. and Apple Inc. at the same price point. What the Fire TV delivers over its competitors is more powerful specifications that include a 1.7GHz quad-co.....

New Xbox Head Phil Spencer

APRIL 1, 2014 • As part of an executive suite reshuffling at Microsoft Corp. new chief executive Satya Nadella has promoted Microsoft Studios Xbox head Phil Spencer to lead the entire Xbox operation. The appointment also represents a restructuring within the unit with Spencer in charge of the Xbox Platform team, Microsoft Studios, Xbox Live, Xbox Video, and Xbox Music. Spencer will report to Microsoft executive VP of operating systems Terry Myerson. Appointed as.....

Tencent Takes CJ Games Stake

MARCH 28, 2014 • Tencent Holdings Ltd. continued its investment in significant game companies taking a 28% stake in South Korea’s CJ Games Corp for $500 million. The latter is one of the largest mobile game publishers in Korea and is a subsidiary of the huge CJ Group Pte. Ltd. Tencent now becomes the third-largest shareholder in CJ Games. In conjunction with the Tencent partnership CJ Games will restructure its operations including the acquisition and merg.....

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