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
Tom Nook Reportedly Ecstatic
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch
1.3 million downloads for March so far
This Week In China
This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia
Some of the biggest stories of the last week, direct from China
Pandemic Continues
Razer commits to donating up to one million surgical masks to fight COVID-19
Singapore authorities contributing too
Player Well-known
PUBG Mobile crosses 600 million downloads as it celebrates two-year anniversary
50 million daily active users
Half Price Sale
Nintendo confirms Octopath Traveler has surpassed 2 million sales
Mobile prequel in the works
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy19
Tencent revenue grows 21% year-over-year to $54.1 billion
Total profit jumped by 22 per cent too
Broken Link
Samsung discontinues its streaming service PlayGalaxy Link
Service ends on March 27th
Top Pedigree
Lineage titles dominate the South Korean mobile games chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Delayed Smash
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC likely delayed by coronavirus
Director Masahiro Sakurai confirms work has been affected
App Annie
China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020
63 million installs per week
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Bandai Namco's Jihoon Kim on marketing a mobile game for the US
"The trailer that our team created outperformed in every placement we put into the market at the time"
Stack The Deck
NetEase and Marvel Games are launching a closed beta for Marvel Duel
A superhero-themed free-to-play card game
"odds Are Stacked"
Update: Apple removes Plague Inc. from China App Store due to licensing issues
"Content that is illegal in China"
Back Of The Net
Nexon signs deal with EA for a new FIFA mobile game in South Korea
Beta testing begins in April
This Week In China
This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears
The biggest stories directly from China
Pride, Gluttony, The Rest
Netmarble heralds Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross a "great success" as game surpasses 3 million downloads
Adventure RPG launched on mobile on March 3rd, 2020
"unpatentable"
Nintendo claims victory over mobile accessories firm Gamevice in patent dispute
Lawsuit began in May 2018
Event Down
BitSummit cancelled over coronavirus concerns
Due to run in May