Stricer Regulations
China mobile games market update: stricter regulations on the horizon
Yodo1 shares tips on making your game China-ready
Feel The Music
Sega launches a music brand
Launching soundtracks via other labels in Japan
"leap Of Faith"
Indie Spotlight: Steet Lamp Games co-founder on the difficulties of breaking into games in India
Mahesh Athirala details how he started the award-winning studio.
New Partnership
Tencent partners up with Gameye for new digital conference
Takes place on May 6th
Huawei Developer Day
Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow!
Grab your ticket to this free event - but you better be quick
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
This Week In China
This Week In China: Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Revelation see huge numbers for beta tests
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Round The Track
Nexon's KartRider Rush+ races through three million pre-registrations in one week
Due to launch in Q2 2020
Setting Up Shop
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
Market Differences
The latest differences in casual games between the global and Chinese mobile game market
TopOn VP of marketing monetisation Harry Yang compares two high-performing games
All In The Wrist
Sony is developing a live action One Punch Man movie
It will be penned by Venom writers
Black Desert Mobile
100 days on: How Black Desert Mobile is drawing in new players while keeping its hardcore fans happy
Black Desert Mobile lead producer Yongmin Jo on what the new update means for the game
Doubled Revenue
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads have risen by nearly 800% since New Horizons' launch
An estimated 42.3 million downloads to date
Party Bullet
Spike Chunsoft celebrating Danganronpa's 10th anniversary with mobile ports and Identity V crossover
New site launched for the celebrations
Rise Of The Bots
The shortage in Switch consoles can partly be blamed on bots
Nintendo wants to increase production by 10 per cent
My Nintendo
Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan
Offers services across Switch, Wii U and 3DS
Brawling Abroad
Supercell's Brawl Stars arrives in China this June
Multiplayer mobile shooter was approved in March by Chinese game regulator
Openmediation For All
AdTiming on why it's made its OpenMediation platform completely open source
Chief product officer Yobo Zhang on what the platform can do for you
This Week In China
This Week In China: Female-focused games are on the rise in China, while Code Dragon Blood is making waves in Japan
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Ride Or Die
Monster Hunter Riders surpasses five million downloads
It launched in February
Entering India
The next frontier in gaming: Entering India
Orange Rock CEO Kasturi Rangan and PTW senior manager of marketing and PR Kaley Hurst explore the opportunities that esports are bringing to India
Global Expansion
Tencent launches hugely popular MOBA Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA
200 million players worldwide to date
Interview
Why Tencent thinks now is the right time to launch Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA
Arena of Valor executive producer Ray Ning and TiMi Studios director Vincent Gao discuss the move
Cook Out
Office Create is "evaluating all legal action" against Planet Entertainment over unauthorised Cooking Mama title
"The quality of the game builds failed to meet the standards that our customers expect and deserve"
Shut Down
Pokemon Rumble Rush is shutting down just over a year after launching
The servers close on July 22nd
Hypercasual Help
Supersonic Studios partners with ITI to help publish Japanese games internationally
"We are excited to help other Japanese developers see their games achieve international success"
Investment
Sony invests $400 million in streaming platform Bilibili
It owns 4.98 per cent of the Chinese firm
Shifting Units
Apple shipped 2.5 million iPhones in China last month
Five times more than February
China Isbn
What does China’s tightened ISBN policy mean for developers entering the market?
Nativex Europe's general manager Leticia Ye digs in
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: How China convinced Yodo1 business manager Marina Espin to join the industry
"When I was little, I never even thought about the existence of a whole industry, not to mention actual jobs there"
This Week In China
This Week In China: Minecraft adds epidemic prevention content and 37Games plans to raise money for cloud gaming
A look back at the biggest stories direct from China
Welcome Aboard
Double Eleven hires Ian Ng as Malaysian studio head
Used to work for Ubisoft Singapore
Aso In China
ASO for China: Intro to localisation practices
Yodo1 breaks down some best practices
Transformers Roll Out
China’s largest sandbox game sees sales spike with Hasbro brand
Mini World sold 360,000 Transformers character skins in just three months
Ding Ding Ding
LEGO Super Mario Adventures secures August release date and two expansion sets
Now available for pre-orders
367 Million
PGC Digital: Tencent's largest player base is female in Honor of Kings
Up 6.47 per cent from January 2020
This Week In China
This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country
A look back at the biggest stories direct from China
App Annie
Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever
1.2 billion across the week of March 22nd, 2020
"unprecedented Challenges"
Sony sets up $100 million Covid-19 global relief fund
Fund will go towards medical workers, first responders and more.
It's Magic
Jam City launches Disney Emoji Blitz in Japan after 30 million downloads worldwide
""The appealing art style, cute emojis, and blitz style gameplay make Disney Emoji Blitz the perfect game for the Japanese market"
Donations Double
Apple doubles its donations to China to aid in coronavirus relief efforts
The firm will give ¥50 million ($7 million)
Mario Party
Updated: Rumour: Nintendo to celebrate Mario's 35th anniversary with multiple remasters on Switch
64, Sunshine, Galaxy, and 3D World all reported to be making a comeback
Mages;acquisition
Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million
Bolstering the mobile publisher with a raft of niche IPs
This Week In China
This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A look back at the biggest stories direct from China
Another One?
Tencent and Huawei partner for cloud games platform
Service called GameMatric, powered by Kunpeng processor
Another Dive
Capcom's Shinsekai: Into the Depths is the latest Apple Arcade exclusive to jump to Switch
Adds new game modes to the original release and new port
Cancelled Event
The Taipei Game Show 2020 cancelled due to the coronavirus
Some of it will be put online
Escape Reality
Update: Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan and UK
The game's producer hopes it is an "escape" for people
Heading West
SINoALICE to be self-published by Pokelabo in the West in July 2020
Nexon reverts publishing rights outside of Asia to the developer