Catch 'em All
Pokemon Masters is rebranding as Pokemon Masters EX
Various events are being held for its first anniversary
Sweet Home Alakazam
Pokémon Home captures $5.5 million in revenue across first six months
Seven million installs since launching on February 12th, 2019
Three Minutes With Nexon
Three minutes with Nexon
Bango speaks to Nexon team manager Lee WooChang about the studio's UA strategy
Fancy A Coffee
Pokemon Cafe Mix stirs up five million downloads
It was released on June 23rd
Investment
Tencent makes minor investment in hypercasual specialist Voodoo
"We can improve the way we distribute on Android"
Sweet Investment
Lumikai launches first venture capital fund for games in India
"India's 300M+ user gaming market represent a global inflection point"
All Your Bases
Why the best is yet to come for Asian powerhouse Nexon
CEO Owen Mahoney talks geopolitics and secular shifts
Together Again
Netmarble teams with BTS for second game BTS Universe Story
"BTS Universe Story will bring fresh, all-new content to players"
Financials
NetEase generated $2.6 billion in revenue for Q2 2020
"We saw healthy gains across our business in the second quarter"
Financials
Netmarble experiences great growth in Q2 2020 as Seven Deadly Sins continues to perform well
"Netmarble had a very strong second quarter with strong performances from games launched in the first half of the year"
Like A Ninja
GungHo's free-to-play Switch shooter Ninjala has hit four million downloads
It was released on July 24th
Join The Creed
Lilith Games teams with Ubisoft to bring Ezio Auditore to AFK Arena
"We're thrilled to add Ezio from Assassin's Creed to our hero lineup from today"
Financials
Tencent's revenue up 28 per cent year-on-year as it generates $31.5 billion
"We achieved generally robust operating and financial results in the second quarter"
China Ua
User Acquisition in China: Capturing the world's largest mobile gaming audience
Yodo1 explains the audience and channels you should be using
Milestone
Summoners War breaches $2 billion in lifetime revenue
It also broke 116 million downloads
Financials
Sega Sammy experiences a loss in Q1 FY2021 despite increase in free-to-play revenues
F2P titles generated $98 million
Financials
DeNA's game profits are on the rise earning $200.5 million in Q1 FY2020
Overall revenue dropped four per cent year-on-year
No More Nicknames
Chinese gamers will need to use their real names to log in for online gaming from September
So the government can track time spent on games
Wanna Merge?
Tencent is looking to merge streaming platforms Huya and DouYu
It would seek to be the majority shareholder
Moving On
Street Fighter boss Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom after nearly 30 years
"I've been with the Street Fighter brand for a long time, experiencing good times, bad times, and even non-existent times"
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Why Amanotes publishing manager Micke Joseph Moisa believes creative freedom is key to better diversity
"I don’t think people should go the extra mile to prove more than non-coloured people."
Going Digital
Digital sales made up 55.6 per cent of Nintendo's software revenue in Q1 FY21
Around 50 per cent of Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales were digital
You Larvitar To See It
Pokémon Café Mix generates 2.9 million downloads in first month, tops $1 million revenue
Pokémon Smile accumulates over half a million installs
Financials
Nexon has its best Q2 to date as it generates $610.4 million
"Nexon is performing exceptionally well"
Big Indie Launchpad
Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad
We explore and detail the 10 former Big Indie Pitch developers who were showcased as a part of the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad event
Financials
Nintendo experiences strong year-on-year growth in Q1 FY21 as it generates $3.4 billion in net sales
"The mobile business showed steady growth compared to the same period of the previous year"
China Game Removals
Mass delisting by Apple China: Over 26,000 games without ISBN removed
Yodo1 looks at the impact of so many games suddenly disappearing from the App Store
Sony Financials
Sony kicks off its fiscal year with $17.9 billion in revenue for Q1
Visual Media and Platform segment accounted for $419.7 million
$100 Million Rise
Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore
Partly due to a rise in esports
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China Isbn Developments
[Updated Daily] Apple China News: Complete timeline of App Store ISBN developments
Keeping track of all the changes coming to the App Store in China
Farewell
Sega president Kenji Matsubara resigns
Comes just months after he was giving chief publishing officer role
Milestone
MapleStory M tops 16 million downloads
In time for its second anniversary
Html5 Games
HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market
Yodo1 explores the benefits of developing for HTML5
To Battle!
Report: India to ban PUBG Mobile as part of crackdown on Chinese apps
Region generates around $3 million in revenue for the game
Slayed
Konami is teaming with Shengqu Games for a new Castlevania mobile title
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls shuts down on September 9th
It's A Secret
China pulls Cytus II from the App Store for secret pro-democracy Morse code message
The musical director behind it has resigned
Under One Roof
HAL Laboratory moves into Nintendo's Tokyo building
It's increased its staff numbers to 195
Mobile Is Alive
Nintendo's mobile earnings hit $474 million for its last fiscal year
Mobile is a "target area" for the company moving forward
Court Case
Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars
A move for dismissal was denied
What Now?
All China iOS fears just materialised - What now?
Understanding the impacts of the China iOS ISBN requirements with MyGamez
Feel The Music
Amanotes teams up with YG Entertainment to bring K-pop music to its games
Including iKON, BIG BANG and BLACKPINK
You Have My Download
NetEase soft-launches The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War
"First regional beta test" available in Australia and the Philippines
Round The Track
Mario Kart Tour is getting a landscape mode in its next update
The control layout is different
Getting Direct
Nintendo is hosting its first Nintendo Direct Mini: Partners Showcase
July 20th at 7:00am PT
This Week In China
This Week in China: Taptap shows off its next games as Tencent solves its chili sauce fraud problem
The biggest stories direct from Beijing
To Battle!
Ride Out Heroes fights past 10 million downloads
One year after release
Need A License
The App Store sees over 2,500 game removals in China
In the first week of July
Catch A Cheat
PUBG Mobile adds new anti-cheat measures
Spectator system updated to catch out players using two screens
Like A Ninja
Free-to-play Switch game Ninjala exceeds three million downloads
It was released on June 24th
Run Out Of Steam?
Sonic Dash has generated more revenue than the last five Sonic games combined
Free-to-play releases generated less than $9 million from player spending