Lego Super Mario
Update: LEGO reveals new Super Mario playset with interactive Mario toy
No definite price or release date yet
Rising Up
ByteDance's Combat of Hero secures the most iOS downloads in Japan for four consecutive days
Was originally released in December 2019
First Approvals Of 2020
China approves 27 games including Brawl Stars, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
16 mobile games, six PC games and five console games
Out Of Service
Square Enix to shut down its mobile RPG Kou-Kyou-Sei Million Arthur
Service stops on May 12th
Big Launch
Monster Hunter Riders storms to the top of the Japanese download chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Player Known
PUBG Corp chief Kim Chang-han takes top job at Krafton Game Union
Amid rumours of company going public
Youtube And Bilibili
Cocos Game Developers Connect online conference unveiled for March 18th
Speakers include Google, iDreamSky, Fundamentally Games and more
Fundraising 101
Update: PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101: Remastered smashes initial goal, fights its way to $2.2 million
Former Wii U title now making its way to Switch
Start Your Engines
Update: Mario Kart Tour multiplayer mode rolls out worldwide
Compete against seven other racers
Pubg For All
PUBG Mobile brings in a new colourblind mode
Three options to improve accessibility for all
"i Like Apple"
Shigeru Miyamoto talks working with Apple, Pokemon GO and why the Switch was helped by smartphones
Quotes taken from Japanese magazine Famitsu
Finger Lickin' What
Update: Tencent's Arena of Valor lets players unlock KFC's Colonel Sanders via meal loot drop in Taiwan
40 per cent chance to unlock with $10 meal
Interested?
PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter campaign was about "gauging interest"
Nothing to do with money
Project: Ban Pan
PUBG Mobile's Project: Ban Pan gets beefed up with two new initiatives
Behind-the-game video and Death Replays will help combat cheating
Potato Play Funding
Singapore-based mobile games publisher Potato Play raises $500,000 to expand operations
Play Ventures stumps up the cash
China Isbn
China App Store ISBN License: non-compliant games risk being delisted
Yodo1 offers its advice and expertise
Switch Turns Three
Three years on, Nintendo's Switch remains brilliant - but it has a tough road ahead
As it approaches the middle of its life, can the Switch keep going strong?
Coming To Asia
Curve Digital partners with H2 Interactive to bring some of its Switch games to Asia
Publishing deal extends to South Korea and Hong Kong
Super Powered
Netmarble teams up with Marvel for Marvel Future Revolution
First Marvel open-world RPG on mobile
Partnership Paramount
NetEase profit grows by 15% to $4.53 billion for 2019
Revenue also increased by 14 per cent year-over-year
Mix It Up
PlatinumGames wants to explore console live ops games with new Tokyo studio
Studio head Atsushi Inaba explains all
Pokemon Day Charticle
Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?
From Pokemon Home to Pokemon Rumble Rush, there's plenty of ups and downs to look at
Cinemas Closing Indefinitely
Sonic the Hedgehog film stopped in tracks as coronavirus delays China release
New date to be announced at a later time
Trademark
Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures apply for two new trademarks in Japan
They translate to The Legendary Heartbeat and Amazing Rare
Hypercasual 2.0?
Is the mobile gaming market ready for hypercasual 2.0?
Mobvista looks at how the hypercasual market can start to evolve
New Policy
Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July
"Games need to be approved by the State Administration of Press and Publication"
"great Potential"
Sega invests in Indian music startup Flutin
Flutin boasts nine million downloads with over 300,000 daily active users
Screenplay Written
Sony Pictures teams with Smilegate for Crossfire film adaption
Tencent's movie arm on board to co-produce and finance
Mahjong Anyone?
The effect of coronavirus on consumer mobile gaming habits in China
GameRefinery takes a look at the top mobile games in China
Nest Egg
Pokemon Home made an estimated $1.8 million in revenue in its first week
Sensor Tower believes 40.8 per cent of user spend came from the US
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy19
Nexon profits grow to $1.03 billion as MapleStory M sees impressive revenue growth
Q4 was also successful for the company
Join The Fight
Pre-registration for War Of The Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius has begun
The game is out in Spring 2020
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