The global population may be ballooning like mad, but Koei Tecmo seems to think that there aren't enough Dynasty Babies to form a strikeforce. If China has the One-Child policy to discourage procreation, Koei Tecmo does the exact opposite, providing monetary incentives for their employees to have more babies.

Nintendo's going on a swashbuckling offensive, asking the US Trade Representative for help on making pirates walk the plank. They also sent out a press release, calling out certain countries where "piracy is rampant," and China is at the top of their list.

They're not all about killing animals and finding out why planes go down - National Geographic announces the formation of NGG: National Geographic Games.  Their mission: to bring the NatGeo experience into gaming. Find out more.

Take-Two Interactive Software, the distributor of Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and other games, has given word that it is planning to expand into Asia Pacific markets. The company has tapped an experienced senior executive to help them establish a foothold in Asia. For more information, don't hesitate to click on the "read more" link below.

A few months ago we heard tell of the Vii, the blatant rip-off of the Wii that was being sold in China. Well, the rip-off managed to get itself a localization in Japan, home of the Nintendo Wii, of all places. More details and pictures of the console (and its own mascot!) in the full article.

Here's another movie turned video game from Luxoflux and Activision: Kung Fu Panda (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and DS). Play the role of Po the Panda as he trains with five of the best Kung Fu masters in China to fulfill his destiny of becoming the Dragon Warrior. You can read more about the game in our full article after the jump.

If you don't fancy getting a Wii rain check from GameStop and wait until the end of January, then how about cashing in on a pricey airplane ticket on a trip to China? There seems to be no problem in getting hold of Nintendo's elusive console in Chinese shores. More details in the full article.

If you've seen the magazine scans from our previous article, you shouldn't be too surprise if we told you that Chinese manufacturers have decided to step up their Wii console clone and has released the Vii 2 line.

If you don't believe us then you can take a look at the video of the new console in action after the jump!

THQ head honcho Brian Farrell said at the BMO Capital Markets conference that Sony and Nintendo need to improve their online services and take it up a notch. Markets like Asia, China, Korea, and others are predominantly online and you never know when the trend of digital downloads gets hot, as Farrell puts it, so he's hoping key partners push for DLC download mechanisms that consumers can adopt. He gave props to Microsoft's Xbox Live service for being user friendly, but still asked for more console offerings to attract consumers.

Frank Yu, former Casual Games Producer for Microsoft in China, recently gave a report on the state of piracy in China following the Hong Kong raid where authorities seized 10,000 mod chips for Nintendo consoles. The last major news of piracy in China was last year; at that time it was for the Xbox 360.

Remember our report about Xbox 360 and Wii piracy in the Philippines? Turns out piracy is popular for both the Xbox 360 and the Wii in China as well.

According to Yu though, there isn't much demand for the PlayStation 3 so there's no modding or any distribution of pirated games in China that he is aware of and he doesn't even mention the PSP, which is a popular victim in many other areas. The Nintendo DS isn't spared however, as the Supercard (R4 card) is being sold in China.

Yu states that the Japanese Wii is a more popular candidate for modding since the US Wii has more protection. Modded Wiis can still download firmware although some of the more recent games, like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption won't work (although Yu believes this won't be true for long).

As for the Xbox 360, piracy is still very much active and rampant in the country. While Xbox 360 consoles in China will still be shut out of Xbox Live when MS detects that the console is modded, Yu has heard of a rumor that talks of a mod chip you can switch on and off. One just has to turn it off to log on to Xbox Live.

Hacking and modding is rampant but also incredible efficient - so much that the "folks at MS are always impressed by the speed and workaround that hackers and modders do to the motherboard." Hacking in China is also popular with foreigners, who aren't strangers with hacking shops at all.