From The Ashes
New Japanese publisher Phoenixx sets up shop in Tokyo
It has five titles set for a 2020 release
Nook And Cranny
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct details mobile app features and promotional crossovers
Pocket Camp items coming to New Horizons, and vice versa
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy19
Netmarble's profits fell to $136 million in 2019 despite steady performance in North America
Though sales have increased to $1.86 billion
Deadly Game
The Chinese government is backing a new virus killing game
It is available on WeChat and Douyin
Love It Go
Paper Games' Love Nikki Dress Up Queen scores first official Disney crossover in the West
Elex-published dress up game will feature dresses from the Frozen movies
80 Million Devices
Update: Apple sales expected to fall due to iPhone production delay from coronavirus
Sales target likely not to be met
Stock Shortage
Nintendo Switch global production output hit by coronavirus
China outbreak affecting Vietnam assembly
Growing Ambition
Report: TikTok owner ByteDance expected to name Yan Shou as head of games
Currently overseeing strategy and investment unit
Expansion
Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding
Wamda led the backing
Making Of
Pivoting from Super Smash Bros. to Dark Souls: The making of Pascal's Wager
TipsWorks founder Yang Yang on the launch and production of its ambitious first game
Coronavirus Impact
The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing
Sunny Painter CEO Junxue Li provides an insider perspective
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade
Former Koei Tecmo artist Desmond Wong talks about the Cat Quest studio and plans for the future
Pikachu, We're Home
Update: Pokemon Home rolls out on mobile and Switch for $15.99 a year
Free version offers 30 Pokemon while premium goes up to 6,000
South Korea Exclusive
NCSoft's Lineage 2 M generates $152 million in three months
$97.60 average revenue per download
Backing Out
Sony and Amazon cancel appearances at Mobile World Congress 2020
Coronavirus cited as the cause
"more Negotiation Power"
Chinese mobile companies partner up to take on Google Play
Huawei Technologies, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo all involved
Tenjin Free Api
Tenjin is releasing a new set of automation APIs and making it free
Campaign Management and Reporting APIs free for all
Better Pay Check
Nexon Korea offers a 6.8% pay rise to its employees
Last year 600 employees protested for increased wages
Snoopy's Back
Capcom returning to Western casual market with Snoopy Puzzle Journey
Developer dipping its toes back in the water before committing to a bigger push
Epidemic
Update: Nintendo confirms coronavirus has impacted Switch production
Pokemon event in Hong Kong cancelled too
Electric Square Singapore
Keywords Studios opens a new Electric Square office in Singapore
13 employees to start, growing to 50 by 2022
Sega Financials Q3 Fy2020
Sega Sammy mobile revenues grow thanks to new Fist of the North Star release
Fist of the North Star Legends ReVIVE and Sega Pocket Club Manager were the top grossing mobile games in Q3
Dena Financials Q3 Fy19
DeNA game profits slump as Pokemon Masters and Mario Kart Tour fail to take off
Posts overall loss of $460 million so far in FY2019
Scrap Genesis
DeNA to shut down two of its games on March 31st
Torikago Scrap Merch and Fantasy Earth Genesis both getting the boot
Freak On A Leash
Nintendo is consolidating its Tokyo offices and Game Freak might be tagging along
Reports indicate that the Pokemon developer is moving to the same area, if not the same building
Sony Financials Q3 Fy19
Fate/Grand Order sales stalling despite clearing $4 billion in lifetime revenues
No real impact on Sony's overall figures, of course
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy19
Capcom sales fall to $485 million despite growth in mobile revenues
Shift from physical to digital taking a toll, but profits still growing
Subscription Service
Fire Emblem Heroes looking to bolster revenues with new subscription pass
The Feh Pass is coming for $9.49 a month
Esports In China
China has a big plan to become the global centre of the games industry
Mobvista CEO Clement Cao talks us through the moves that China is making
Follow Your Heart
Update: Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road arrives on iOS and Android this Spring
More details to arrive in February
Huawei Appgallery
How Huawei's AppGallery can rapidly grow your app in the Middle East and beyond
Huawei head of AppGallery MENA mobile services Naji Robehmed tells all from Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019
China Bound
EA confirms partnership for Apex Legends on mobile
"We're very excited about the opportunity"
Sensor Tower
Sony's Fate/Grand Order accumulates over $4 billion in lifetime revenue
Top grossing title in Japan for 2019
Gotta Catch 'em All
Pokemon Masters exceeds 20 million trainers
1,500 gems are being given to players to celebrate
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: Talking 'Super Saiyan' with Dragon Ball Legends producer Toshitaka Tachibana
"As a team, we constantly prioritise the fans of the Dragon Ball series"
Blue Shelled
Unofficial Mario Kart experience ordered to pay $458,000 in damages to Nintendo
Mari Mobility Development must pay five times originally cost
Nintendo Q3 2019 Financials
Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES
Over 300 million software sales in less than three years
Daunting Acquisition
Free Fire studio Garena acquires Phoenix Labs for an estimated $150 million
100 developers now under "Garena family"
Nintendo's Billion
Nintendo's mobile games have cleared $1 billion in revenue combined
Fire Emblem Heroes still leads the pack at $656 million
Partnership
Square Enix and Suntory partner for Dragon Quest Walk missions via Japanese vending machines
14,000 can be found across the country
Sales Spike
Plague Inc. developer Ndemic Creations warns players to look elsewhere for coronavirus information
"Not a scientific model"
New Deal
US and China proposed console tariffs postponed indefinitely
"There's a lot of work to do ahead"
Happy New Year
Happy Lunar New Year to our readers in China
The Year of the Rat begins
Expanding To Asia
Double Eleven to open new studio in Malaysia
Recruitment begins February
Staffing Up
Report: TikTok's ByteDance is looking to make a major push with mobile games in 2020
Two games expected by Spring
Pgc London 2020
Black Desert Mobile reaches 20 million installs, series crosses $1.5 billion revenue
"One of the most popular MMORPGs in the Asian market"
Pg Connects London 2020
Retention rate is key to in-game advertisements, says Tenjin lead data scientist
The US creates 10 times more ad revenue
Home Turf
Nintendo Switch Lite passes 1 million sales in Japan
Console launched in September 2019
Cat And Mouse
NetEase's Tom and Jerry mobile game catches 100 million users in China
Hanna-Barbara title launched in May 2019
"global Games Development"
Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends
"It is not our first cooperation with Activision and won't be the last"