Rabbids Galore
China approves 43 games including Black Desert Mobile, Sonic Olympics and Rabbids Adventure Party
Marvel Duel, Mario Rabbids, Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed and more
Strong Performance
Update: Konami is working with Tencent's TiMi Studios to bring Contra Returns to the West
Debuted in China in June 2017
Soccer Star
How did Cristiano Ronaldo appear in Garena Free Fire?
Sportquake and Free Fire explain how they integrated the football icon into the mobile game's universe
Lights Camera
Update: Despicable Me producer Chris Meledandri joins Nintendo as outside director
First western director
Boom Times
Indian esports app Loco raises $9 million via seed round
Krafton leads the investment
Live And Kicking
How Nexon adapted KartRider Rush Plus for mobile
23 million players and counting
Asia B2b
PlayX4 Online emerges as alternative event for global business
South Korea's leading business-to-business games event found success with its first online only conference
Winners Take All
Top 100 mobile games accounted for 54% of global revenues in 2020
Percentage is even higher in the US
Flying Solo
How Portal, Little Nightmares and Limbo inspired Nakul Verma
The Playbae founder won The Big Indie Pitch with In My Shadow
More Than Silver Linings
The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio
"Stories are the heart of our games"
Expansion
Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme
Spends $3 million for a 70% stake
Alternative Androids
iOS uncertainty driving alternative Android stores
Tenjin offers an explanation and support for advertisers shifting their budgets from iOS to Android alternatives
Data-driven Insight
Optimising your mobile campaigns with data
Mintegral, Sensor Tower and Kooapps have partnered to host an online event exploring mobile advertising in 2021
China In Your Hands
Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover
Yodo1 is taking some of the west's most popular brands into the Chinese mobile games market
Turkey Thriving
Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio
"Hungri Games is revolutionising the core mobile games…"
No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
$447 Million
Sina Corp is looking at acquiring an 18% stake in Yoozoo Games
Encouraged by games growth under COVID-19 pandemic
40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Honor At Stake
Tencent facing lawsuit over 'inappropriate content' in Honor of Kings
"The game characters have tampered with the image of historical figures…"
"nintendo Gallery"
Nintendo to convert Hanafuda card factory to museum in Japan
Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969
Broader Perspective
Master The Meta: Sony’s emerging ecosystem
How the PlayStation maker is building a formidable games business
It's Happening
Nintendo Switch Pro unveiling imminent
Reportedly launching in September or October
Backlash
Indian politician calls for Battlegrounds Mobile India ban
Union Minister Ninong Ering is not happy
Go-faster Stripes
Free Fire announces collaboration with McLaren Racing
Cross-promotion meets in-game items
New Korean Games
PlayX4 2021 opens Korean gaming to the world
Online event brings together developers, publishers, distributors, marketers and more
Unstoppable
Sega unveils Sonic 30th anniversary event and celebratory video
Sonic Central will take place on May 27th, 2021
Big Indie Pitch
Shadow based puzzle-platformer In My Shadow wins The Digital Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) #7
Winner breakdown
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Garena Free Fire publisher Sea’s earnings breakdown
Garena Free Fire boasts 100 million daily active users
More Games
NetEase Connect 2021 showcases new mobile games including Frostpunk: Rise of City
Chinese giant has a full slate
Milestone
Update: Free-to-play Switch hit Ninjala slashes through seven million downloads
Launched in June 2020
Ti(c)k Tok
ByteDance CEO and co-founder Zhang Yiming announces departure
Fellow co-founder Liang Rubo to step up
Cross-promotion
Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days
Com2uS' new launch takes off
Mystery Box
Microsoft partners with Call of Duty: Mobile developer Timi Studios on mysterious project
Is another Xbox franchise mobile-bound?
Another Add
Krafton snaps up mobile games studio Dreamotion
Building out the plan
Doubling Down
Nexon's 2021 Q1 revenue grows 7% to $806 million
Generating $420 million profit
Dark Horse
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby storms mobile revenue chart for April 2021, Honor of Kings still top
CyberAgent developed title launched in February 2021
"financial Stability"
Nintendo willing to utilise $9 billion war chest for acquisitions - when needed
Next Level Games purchase was first in a decade
Got Your Number
China announces a new playtime logging system for all gamers
CCP tightening the screws
One Game One Country
Krafton announces Battlegrounds Mobile India
New version following original's ban
Watch Out Wii
As Switch nears 85 million units sold, Nintendo FY21 revenue grows 37% to $16 billion
Set to overtake Wii in next financial year
Score For Foreign Games?
Master the Meta: Do new Chinese regulations spell trouble or opportunity?
China market entry consultant Owen Soh breaks it down
Zelda When?
Nintendo looking to make more IP-based movies
Super Mario movie due 2022
More Store
GoodGame Studios releases Empire: Four Kingdoms via Huawei's AppGallery
Second title to hit that app store
High Octane Action
Apex Legends Mobile soft launch now live - first images and gameplay surface
Testing in India and Philippines
Harder Gold
Nexon buys $100 million Bitcoin
Spent 2% of its cash reserves
The Start
Sega will launch its first NFTs in summer 2021
Partners with Double Jump.Tokyo
Switch It Up
Nintendo Switch is Japan's sixth best-selling console of all time
The DS holds the top spot
Golden Age
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sells 3.7 million copies in five months
Released on 20 November 2020
Back On Track
Korea’s best 24-hour gaming business event PlayX4 2021 runs 10-14 May
Busines restarts
Nintend-no
Super Nintendo World closes temporarily as COVID cases rise in Japan
Only opened on 28 March