Expansion Of War
Nitro Games partners with Netmarble EMEA to bring Medals of War to Turkish and Arabic-speaking countries
Netmarble EMEA already has 50 million registered players
Imga Mena
International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominees for second Middle East and North Africa competition
52 games nominated, lots of them from Iran
House Move
Andrew House steps down as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment after 27 years with the company
Replaced by Deputy President John Kodera
A New Challenger
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires EJoy and sets up new games division
One of China's richest companies formally enters the games arena
Sea Nyse Ipo
Garena parent company Sea files registration statement for planned IPO on the NYSE
No word on how many shares or the price range
Lawsuit Of The Apes
Fox faces $2.5 million lawsuit from Snail Digital over lack of support for War for the Planet of the Apes mobile games
Not enough assets and minimal feedback meant Snail missed its window of opportunity
Zynga In India
Zynga plots major growth in India and expansion of its Bengaluru studio
350 staff not enough for its second-biggest studio
Westward Journey
Onmyoji finally gearing up for a Western release with beta in US and Canada
Retaining Japanese voice cast to give it that authentic anime feel
Featured Features
Top 5 features games developers should consider to crack the Chinese mobile market
GameRefinery’s tool identifies the most popular gameplay mechanics
Nasscom Speakers 2017
Nukebox Studios CEO Amit Hardi to keynote NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017
First wave of speakers announced for the conference
Going Forward
Sony moving away from Vita and handheld gaming to focus on mobile and home entertainment
ForwardWorks is apparently doing "fantastic"
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Square Enix Plans
Square Enix sets sights on $900 million in sales from its mobile games
Better games, targeting new markets, and the rise of HTML5 will aid its quest
Merch Of Kings
Tencent partners with JD.com to produce merchandise based on its IP
Honor of Kings mugs, anyone?
Bye Bye Birdy
Flappy Bird is no longer available to play on iOS devices thanks to iOS 11
Only old phones and stubborn users will be able to play it
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Ether Games on Z War 1: The Great War of the Dead
We speak to the runner-up from the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Ready For Ipo?
What makes Indian mobile publisher Nazara Games worth $550 million?
Nazara could be gearing up for IPO, but why should you take notice?
Switch Of Valor
Tencent is bringing its massive mobile MOBA Honor of Kings to the Nintendo Switch
Arena of Valor rides again on a whole new console
Honour Of Kids
New parents name their child Honour of Kings after Tencent's hugely popular mobile MOBA
At least they didn't call the kid Strike of Kings
Nazara Ipo
Report: Indian games publisher Nazara eyes IPO that could value it as high as $550 million
Would be the first gaming company to IPO in India
Htc To Google
Report: HTC looking to sell its smartphone business to Google
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer said to be in final stages of negotiation
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Indian developer 99Games on the evolution of Star Chef
99Games VP of Games Shilpa Bhat on the game's life so far
Pokemon Long Way To Go
Pokemon CEO claims it has only accomplished 10% of what it wants to do with Pokemon GO
Tsunekazu Ishihara talks design philosophies and Switch releases
Imga Sea Finalists
International Mobile Games Awards unveils nominees for second SEA competition
Public Choice awards open for voting
Switch Boost
Nintendo Switch surpasses 1.5 million units sold in Japan thanks to boost from Splatoon 2
500,000 units sold in the region since its last financials
Market Tips
How to launch your mobile game in India
Jitesh Bisht, Head of Tappx India, dishes out some sage advice
Money Truck
Indian developer Nukebox Studios generates $500k revenue in 45 days from new game Food Truck Chef
Title secures three million downloads in just 10 days
Gree Global
GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese goes first
Decoding Design
A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye
Exclusive currencies and limited gachas don't stop this game from being fun
Competitive Gaming
Super Senso and sensibility: GungHo on embracing the growth of mobile eSports
GungHo and Turbo CEOs offer their thoughts on eSports and discuss new strategy game Super Senso
Branching Out
HAL Laboratory opens mobile games division HAL Egg
First smartphone title coming this autumn
Ruling The App Stores
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution heads straight to number one on Japan’s App Store
Also tops free download charts on App Store and Google Play
Crowdfunding In Asia
Kickstarter to launch in Japan on September 13th
Creators can now launch campaigns locally
Kakao Games Merge
Kakao merges its games division with subsidiary Kakao Games
Hoping to improve efficiency and competitiveness
Screen This
Baidu's Android screen recording app DU Recorder surpasses 10 million downloads in under a year
Adding in livestreaming to thank its users
Tencent Financials Q2 Fy17
Tencent revenues grow to $8.56 billion as mobile games sales beat PC for the first time
Honor of Kings by far the biggest driver of revenue
East Meets West
There's been a radical market shift for foreign games in China
Pascal Clarysse on why Western publishers now need Chinese distributors more than China needs them
Mobile Game Trends
China mobile game trends in H1 2017: Tencent and NetEase dominate iOS charts
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Investment News
Indian publisher Nazara invests in mobile cricket games developer Moong Labs
Money to fund game engine development and new cricket-based titles
Ok Korea
Steel Media and G-STAR announce international partnership
Western media company partners with South Korea’s leading game show G-STAR with series of collaborative events starting at Gamescom
Mobile Game Heroes
DeNA games business profits up on back of Nintendo partnership as overall revenues fall
Fire Emblem Heroes sales "satisfactory" for Japanese publisher
Netmarble Financials Q2 Fy17
Netmarble's revenues slide to $472.3 million as Lineage 2 Revolution loses business in South Korea
Lineage 2 Revolution makes up 37% of all Netmarble's revenues
Iap Inspector
How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Nexon Financials Q2 Fy17
Nexon revenues grow to $431.7 million due to continued success of Heroes of Incredible Tales
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed finds a home in Southeast Asia
Netease Financials Q2 Fy17
NetEase clears $2 billion in revenues as Onmyoji gets off to a strong start in South Korea
Already a top ten grossing game in the region
Summoners War Billionaire
Summoners War clears $1 billion in lifetime revenues three years after launch
Com2uS hosting a worldwide tournament for the game too
Zynga India
Zynga makes push for India with localised match-3 game Rangoli Rekha: Color Match
Presumably being developed by Bangalore studio
Made In Japan
Self-taught 82-year-old Japanese coder develops and releases mobile game
"I thought I should make a game app designed for old people to have fun"
Mixi Financials Q1 Fy18
Mixi revenues grow to $437.1 million as Monster Strike nudges 40 million downloads
New game Fight League also has a solid opening week