Gambling Fears
Lineage 2 Revolution trading system shut down
Publisher in hot water over real money trading system
From Australia To India
Mech Mocha partners with Halfbrick to release Indian version of Jetpack Joyride
Bangalore outfit will adapt the game for Indian audience
New Studio
QA and localisation outfit Pole To Win opens Tapei office
Branch will focus on QA, translation, localisation and customer experience
Hit For Six
How Nazara Games topped India's Google Play with Royal Challengers Bangalore partnership
CEO Manish Agarwal on how mobile games and the IPL can work together
Now Hiring
How to get a job at Ubisoft's mobile-focused Abu Dhabi studio
Managing Director Yannick Theler shares insights
Security Breach
Mobile game halts live services due to ransomware
Developer refunds players for IAPs and apologises to fans
West Meets East
European influence growing in China’s lucrative mobile games market
Atomico report breaks down how the sectors cross over
China Esports Revenues
Mobile eSports revenues in China expected to climb to nearly $7 billion in 2017
Triple the amount the games generated in 2016
Classic Move
Nintendo Switch online subscription will cost $20 and give players access to catalogue of free retro games
Paid online services delayed to 2018
Eye On Asia
China mobile game trends: Tencent dominates mobile market, new titles enter the charts
Niki Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Hit It For Six
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks preps debut game harnessing Everybody's Golf IP
Drecom Inc acting as developer on the studio's first game
Log This
Mobile RPG Logres heads to UK and US after racking up eight million downloads in Japan
Can it maintain its enormous LTV outside of its home country?
King Of The World
80% of Gamevil's War of Crown's one million downloads came from outside South Korea
Surprising turnout for a particularly Korean game
Going Up
The Pokemon Company's profits shoot up to $143.3 million after success of Pokemon GO
Up 26x on its previous yearly profits
Get Ready To Rumble
The Pokemon Company continues mobile push with new 3D brawler Pokéland
10,000 participants joining in on a first come, first served basis
Lu Bu Approved
Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed surpasses six million downloads
Players spending an average of 72 minutes a day in-game
Indian Mavens
How to break into the Indian games industry
Career advice from local industry figures
East To West
Vietnamese mobile and online games publisher VNG considers US IPO
Exploring opportunity with Nasdaq
Switched On
Report: Nintendo targets production of 18 million Switch consoles by March 2018
Stepping up production to keep up with demand
Because It's Batman
Tencent seals licensing deal for DC Comics characters in Strike of Kings
Batman, The Joker and Superman have already entered the fray
Working Conditions
Blanket wage system is embroiled in controversy in Korean game industry
A look at the current working conditions of South Korean developers and how they are paid
Partners In Html5
Bandai Namco and Drecom invest $2.1 million in new HTML5 mobile game studio BXD
Working on Bandai Namco IP with a Spring 2018 launch date
Maximum Leverage
Why Tencent’s M&A strategy is smarter than gotta buy ‘em all
Second Pocket Gems deal was beginning of the end
Vision Fund
Softbank reportedly picks up $4 billion stake in Nvidia
Japanese firm acquires 4.9% of shares
Switched On
Nintendo shares hit seven-year high on back of Switch success
Shares closed at ¥31,880 on May 24th
A New Trail
Peter Molyneux’s The Trail heads to China as 22Cans seals NetEase publishing deal
UK studio returns to China with new deal
Name That Game
Tencent turns to Strike of Kings players to provide a new name for the game
Don't mention leagues, legends, or glory
The Charticle
Why did Tencent invest a further $90 million into Pocket Gems?
Tracking the impact of Tencent's millions on Episode and War Dragons
Multimedia Empire
Chinese publisher NetEase eyes movies and TV shows based on its most popular mobile game IP
Big plans for its biggest IP
Hot Deal
Keywords splashes $6 million on Asian art services provider Red Hot CG
Picks up new offices in China and Indonesia
China Dawns
Zynga partners with NetEase to launch Dawn of Titans in China
Expected to release later this year
Fewer, Better
Why Indian mobile startup BigCode is gunning for strategy games and IAP monetisation
CEO Ahmed Mohammed sets out the new studio's strategy
Rpg Obsession
Is South Korea's mobile games market in need of genre diversification?
Rebound Mobile's Michele Zucca analyses the South Korean market and its obsession with RPGs
Lost Its Marbles
Netmarble share prices fall 8.3% from its IPO price despite $610 million revenues in Q1
Financial results apparently weren't good enough
Giant Deal
Gamevil signs publishing deal with South Korean developer Singta on upcoming 3D RPG Giant
Might not be called Giant when it launches
Tencent Financials Q1 Fy17
Honor of Kings powers Tencent game revenues to $3.3 billion in Q1 2017
CrossFire Mobile and Dragon Nest Mobile also performing well
Fresh Start
Timuz MD leaves to set up new Indian mobile developer BigCode Games
Ahmed Mohammed focusing on quality and IAP monetisation
Mobvista Financials 2016
Chinese ad tech firm Mobvista scores revenues of $296 million for 2016 thanks to overseas sales increase
Revenues up 155% year-on-year
Esports-ville
Tencent ups the ante on competitive gaming with the construction of a town dedicated to eSports in China
Also building an Honor of Kings-themed theme park in Chengdu
Com2us Financials Q1 Fy17
Com2uS scores $108 million in revenues in Q1 as it eyes eSports future for Summoners War
Three years gone and still plenty of life in the game
Legend Of Mobile
Report: Nintendo to release The Legend of Zelda on mobile
Set to arrive after Animal Crossing
Going Public
South Korea mobile games publisher Netmarble launches IPO with valuation of over $12 billion
Shares close at $144
Sega Financials Q4 Fy17
Sega hits $3.2 billion in revenue as profits jump 414%
Hortensia SAGA and Puyopuyo!! Quest continue to perform
Iap Inspector
How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Nexon Financials
Nexon posts record revenues of $657 million in Q1 FY17
Mostly from one PC game
Ramadan
What makes Ramadan the hottest month for mobile games in the MENA
Tamatem's Jawanna Sawalha on why you should plan in-game events and special IAP packages ahead of time
Dena Financials Q4 Fy17
DeNA revenues hit $1.26 billion as it plots further partnerships beyond Nintendo
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes doing well for the developer
Ncsoft Financials Q1 Fy17
NCSoft earned $35 million in royalties from Lineage 2 Revolution in Q1 FY17
But profits slumped by 60%
Konami Financials Q4 Fy17
Konami generates $2 billion in sales as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links surpasses 40 million downloads
Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu gets another million downloads for the quarter
Netease Financials Q1 Fy17
NetEase off to a strong start in 2017 with $2 billion in revenues thanks to Onmyoji
Fantasy Westward Journey keeps on trucking