Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo posts profits of $904 million thanks to Pokemon GO and Super Mario Run
Pushes Animal Crossing Mobile back to next fiscal year
Industry Legend
Namco founder Masaya Nakamura passes away aged 91
Remembering a key games industry figure
Getting Ahead
GREE on learning from Machine Zone and skating to where the puck is going
Shanti Bergel talks the company's 2017 strategy
Gotta Catch 'em All
Pokemon GO reaches 4.2 million players a day in South Korea
Success continues for Niantic's hit game
China To Japan
Nexon snaps up Japan publishing rights for Kunlun’s Elsword Mobile
RPG already a top grosser in China
Line Financials Q4 Fy16
LINE grows revenues to $1.2 billion despite global MAUs falling by three million
Revenues going up, users going down
2017 And Beyond
How Indian mobile game studio Gamecubator Labs is aiming to become a local leader
Priyanka Barathwaj on the studio's local and domestic plans
Pokemon Go Korea
Pokemon GO launches in South Korea and shoots straight to second in iOS top grossing chart
Jumps to 2nd place on top grossing charts
Fyber Line Partnership
LINE adds rewarded video ads to messaging app through Fyber partnership
Watch a video, earn some coins
Where Now?
How XFLAG plans to increase spending from Monster Strike's core Japanese players
Langer Lee talks strengthening Japanese dominance and approaching new territories strategically
All About Export
A history of South Korea's tough anti-gambling laws and why devs are looking to crack overseas markets
Byung Hyuk Kim shares a legal history of social casino in South Korea
Home Grown
Why Nintendo has taken a Japan-first approach with Fire Emblem Heroes
Aiming for success in the highest ARPU market in the world
Money To Burn
Chinese chemical firm acquires Talking Tom developer Outfit7 for €1 billion
Developer put up for sale in late 2016
Smoking Phone
Samsung to officially blame exploding Galaxy Note 7s on irregularly sized batteries
Report to go out on January 23rd
South Korea Vr
YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund
Hopes to expand further into AR and VR
Indian Mavens
Predicting the Indian games industry trends of 2017
Can it beat 2016?
Rapid Revolution
Netmarble's Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses $176 million in revenues in its first month
Only launched in South Korea
Fire Emblem Heroes
Fire Emblem Heroes reveal shows Nintendo is going fully free-to-play
Gacha and key art implies Super Mario Run's model has been ditched
The State Of Play For Ads
Advertising megatrends for 2017
Mobvista's Nick Roveta on the latest in advertising
Iap Inspector
How does Star Wars: Force Arena monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Switching Off
Nintendo shares fall 5.75% as investors react poorly to Nintendo Switch reveal
Relatively high price and low battery life could be to blame
Third-party Switch
EA, Ubisoft, Bandai Namco and more reveal first games to launch on Nintendo Switch
Sega, Capcom, and some indies also throw their games out
Xiaomi 2017 Plans
Xiaomi sets $14.47 billion sales goal for 2017 after "make-up year"
Pushing further into retail and finance
Switch Price
Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3rd 2017 for $299.99
Console will have battery life of between two and a half hours and six hours
Less Exploding Phones
Over 96% of Samsung Galaxy Note 7s have been returned
Still 4% out there in the wild
Puzzling Out Of China
Puzzle & Dragons to be shut down in China eight months after launching
Two years of development, eight months active life
Public Safety
Pokemon GO faces wall to China release over security concerns
Government evaluating risks presented by location and AR-based games
Win In Malaysia
Testing firm Pole to Win opens new studio in Malaysia
Just outside of Kuala Lumpur
Mocha Money
China-based Shunwei Capital to invest $2 million in Indian developer Mech Mocha
Studio hoping to raise $4 million overall
King Of Kings
Tencent's Honor of Kings surpasses 50 million DAUs in 14 months
Almost entirely China-based players
Marmalade Saved
GMO Cloud acquires exclusive rights to Marmalade SDK and plans further development
Not dead yet
Charitable Messenger
Mystic Messenger dev gives $100,000 of game's profits to charity
Word-of-mouth sensation helps out
Xiaomi In India
Xiaomi surpassed $1 billion in revenue in India during 2016
Sold two million devices in Q3
The Real-time Is Now
Netmarble talks real-time multiplayer on mobile and its FPS Final Shot
Final Shot Game Director Jung Ho Lee reveals all
Dun-deal
Abertay University partners with Perfect World to promote game dev education in China
Sets up a five month course to prepare students for a full degree
Taipei Game Show
Taipei Game Show 2017 celebrates 15th anniversary in January with developers and publishers from 25 countries
A look ahead to the Asia-Pacific games industry event
Lording It Over
IGG and Boostinsider partner for massive influencer campaign to promote Lords Mobile through January
Started with a Times Square screen takeover
Twang
Angry Birds Action meets Korean RPG: The making of Knight Slinger
Behind the scenes with Gamevil's Danny Park
Super Mario Jog
Super Mario Run has generated $30 million from 90 million downloads
Lower than expected but not hugely surprising
Clash Of Bans
Iran bans Clash of Clans over violence and "tribal conflict" concerns
Clash Royale seems to be unaffected
India Review 2016
Reflecting on the evolving jigsaw puzzle of India's mobile games industry in 2016
We speak to Nazara Technologies CEO Manish Agarwal about the industry's latest developments this year and look ahead to the future
Ready To Transform
Netmarble plots further acquisitions in 2017 following Kabam Vancouver Studio deal
Netmarble Chief Global Officer Seungwon Lee discusses the recent big-money purchase
Nintendo On Mobile
Nintendo planning to launch up to three mobile games a year after successful 2016
Tatsumi Kimishima thinks it should be a main pillar of the business
Let's-a-go
Super Mario Run dashes past 50 million downloads in its first week of release
Still no official word on revenue
Back Of The Net
Konami shares up 4.8% thanks to four million downloads of mobile game Jikkyou Powerful Soccer
Publisher scores a hit with football spin-off
Super Mario Runaway
Super Mario Run officially hits 40 million downloads
No word on sales
Indian Mavens
Indian Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Clash Royale, Human Resource Machine and more!
China Esports
China's mobile eSports industry expected to generate $2.6 billion in revenue in 2016
Three times more than 2015
Slow To Switch
Nintendo Switch uses last-gen Nvidia tech and will run 60% slower when undocked
But when has Nintendo ever had the best performance?
Keep Dreaming
Halfbrick Studios terminates China distribution agreement with iDreamSky
Looking for a partner with "greater transparency"