Newsbrief: Square Enix has launched a new mobile game studio in Indonesia, as the publisher says that game development efforts in the region have significantly increased over the last several years.
Square Enix Smileworks is a spin-off of Square Enix's Smile-Lab studio, with investment from Gotanda Denshi. The new studio has 23 staffers, with 20 of those from Indonesia, and three from Japan.
The company says that this new studio will be in a position to compete on an international level, with games that will be aimed at both local players in Indonesia, and players internationally.
