Odyssey To Japan
Super Mario Odyssey jumps to one million units sold in Japan
Switch closing in on three million hardware units sold
On The Rise
Social casinos go East
KamaGames' Sam Forrest says there's money on the table right now as the Asia Pacific market grows
Rules Of Survival Championship
NetEase kicks off $650,000 championship for PUBG clone Rules of Survival
$150,000 for the overall winners at the finals in China
Downloads Out
NetEase's PUBG clone Knives Out surpasses 100 million downloads in just over a month
Cleared this milestone while still in beta
Wrestlemania!
Reliance Games partners with WWE on branded fighting game WWE Mayhem
The fourth WWE mobile game partnership of 2017
Tencent Rules All
Tencent generated 51.6% of China's online games revenue in China in Q3 2017
Beijing-based research firm iResearch digs into the numbers
Shadowverse World Grand Prix
Cygames gears up for end-of-year Shadowverse World Grand Prix with $120,000 prize pool
Each of the 24 players earns $1,000 just for turning up
Hit For Six
JetSynthesys' Sachin Saga Cricket Champions smashes one million downloads in under a week
Currently 90th on the overall top grossing charts on the Indian Google Play store
Food For All
Food Truck Chef developer Nukebox Studios partners with Tilting Point on $18 million UA campaign
Tilting Point to fund and operate UA for Food Truck Chef for the next three years
Downloads Royale
NetEase's PUBG-like Rules of Survival racks up 15 million downloads
Chinese publisher sets up tournament featuring 30 popular streamers and content creators across the globe
Nintendo Partnerships
Nintendo reportedly looking for new mobile developers to work with outside of DeNA partnership
GungHo could be in the running
Nazara Minority Stake
India's 54th richest man acquires minority stake in Nazara for $27.9 million
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invests in the major Indian developer
Nintendo Switch Sales
Nintendo's Switch clears 10 million units sold nine months after launching
2.37 million units sold in the last three months
Big Indie Pitch
Arcade shooter Defenoid shoots down the competition to win the Big Indie Pitch at G-Star 2017
Dead 2048 and GWARP take second and third spots
Xiaomi Ipo
Report: Xiaomi exploring a potential IPO in Hong Kong with a $50 billion valuation
Could raise $5 billion to help its expansion in India
The Charticle
How does the launch of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp compare to past Nintendo games?
Charting the game's trajectory
Shooting Blanks?
It’s got millions of downloads but what is NetEase's plan to monetise its PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds clones?
First move advantage on hold
Two New Battlegrounds
Tencent reveals two new mobile games based on PC hit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
One traditional, one a little more action-focused
Go Money
Pokemon GO generates $16 million in tourism revenue for Japan's Tottori Prefecture in three days
89,000 people arrive in the region's sand dunes to catch Pokemon
Hit For Six
JetSynthesys secures 700,000 pre-registrations for upcoming cricket game Sachin Saga Cricket Champions
Indian developer believes it will be the first ever to hit one million pre-registrations
Walking Summoners
Com2uS partners with Skybound Entertainment on Summoners War comics, animation, and more
Robert Kirkman, Catherine Winder, and David Alpert on board as executive producers
Mobile Hit In-waiting?
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to mobile through Tencent partnership
Set to launch in China first
Iap Inspector
How does Lineage 2: Revolution monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Blitzing
Nexon soft-launches card-based PvP game MapleStory Blitz
Takes the themes of the MMO and uses them for another purpose
The Charticle
From Lineage 2 to Contest of Champions: The games powering South Korean powerhouse Netmarble
It's not all about Lineage 2 - though nearly half of it is
Sea Snapshot
Southeast Asia Snapshot: Southeast Asia’s mobile games market is booming
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad takes a look at Southeast Asia's app stores
Less Lovin
AppLovin swaps $1.4 billion sale to Orient Hontai Capital for $841 million debt investment
Orient Hontai takes a 9.98% stake for $140 million as well
Xiaomi India Investment
Xiaomi plans to invest $1 billion in 100 Indian developers over the next five years
CEO Lei Jun outlines the company's plans for the future
Cultivating Culture
"Without the maintenance of our culture, Gram Games cannot succeed"
Gram Games' Erin O'Brien dishes out advice on studio structure
Steals The Show
Italic Pig's Mona Lisa wins the inaugural Big Indie Awards in association with indieSky
Hidden Folks takes second as The Almost Gone ranks third
Heck Yeah
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launches a day early
Hasn't changed much since soft launch
Tencent Market Cap
Tencent becomes first company in China to break $500 billion market cap
Bigger than Alibaba, Baidu, EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft combined
Tappx In China
Tappx strengthens operations in mainland China with new office in Beijing
Bob Wang heads up the new office
Ar-focused
Pokemon GO developer Niantic has no plans to enter the VR space
Prefers to be leader in AR instead
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Star Event
South Korea's biggest games conference G-STAR 2017 kicks off
200,000 consumers expected
Super Movie Bros
Report: Nintendo partnering with Illumination Entertainment for Super Mario animated movie
John Leguizamo to reprise his role as Luigi?
Quiet Progress
How has the Indian mobile games market progressed in 2017?
Reflections from Nasscom Game Developer Conference 2017
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Animoca Game Sale
Animoca Brands sells entire portfolio of 318 casual games to iCandy Interactive for $3.8 million
Performance-based incentives and potential profit shares also thrown in
Launch In China
How to launch mobile games in China
Tappx China Country Manager Bob Wang talks us through it
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Razer Ipo
Razer raises $500 million from IPO on Hong Kong Exchange
Share prices briefly exploded by around 40%
Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy17
FIFA Online 3 M and Dark Avenger 3 boost Nexon's revenues to $532.9 million
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed and DomiNations continue to grow
Chillax
PocketGamer.biz's G-STAR 2017 party and networking guide
Here we go!
Good Choice
Nexon acquires Choices mobile games developer Pixelberry Studios
Choices to be localised for new countries
Come Say Hello
Meet Pocket Gamer at G-STAR in South Korea
We're itching to meet as many people as possible in this exciting market
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue