Leaps And Bounds
The story behind India’s first games company and the industry’s rapid rise
From 1997 to 2016, how has the Indian games industry progressed?
Game Of Clones
Fragmented app stores and complex publishing are the causes of copycat games in China
Chartboost explores the world of clones
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy16
Tencent hits $6 billion in sales with help from 40 million DAUs on Honour of Kings
Generated $1.44 billion from mobile game sales alone
Winners Revealed
NASSCOM Gaming Forum Awards 2016 honour the best in Indian game development
Unveiled at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
New Platform, Same Nintendo
Why Super Mario Run is an exciting moment for mobile and premium games
A landmark moment
Big In India
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is the fourth-biggest selling brand in India
Shipments double in the last quarter
Back From Hyderabad
4 things learned about India's games industry from the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Reflecting on the Hyderabad conference
Biggest Year Yet
India's NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016 celebrates record 1,800 attendance
Returning to Hyderabad for 2017
Downloads Soar, Revenue To Follow
Indian mobile gaming revenues will reach $1.1 billion by 2020
App Annie and NASSCOM expecting big things
Hit Deal
Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion
Free-to-play gaming giant to increase marketing activity in the region following the deal
Keep The Ball Rolling
How Glu Hyderabad's live ops keeps games alive
Senior Producer Nilesh Engineer on updates and their effects
China In October
NetEase and Tencent continued to dominate the App Store in China in October
Newzoo's report breaks it down
Netease Financials Q3 Fy16
NetEase hits $1.38 billion in sales as Fantasy Westward Journey continues to deliver
Over 100 other games also helping out
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy16
Nexon profits drop 60% despite strong performance of Heroes of Incredible Tales in Southeast Asia and the West
Planning on releasing even more games soon
Bigger And Cheaper
Mobile games will be bigger than PC in Southeast Asia by 2018
Niko Partners report tells all
String In Your Rakuten
Rakuten launching browser-based mobile gaming platform in Japan
Working with Blackstorm Labs to develop it
End Of Empires
UPDATE: Age of Empires: World Domination canned after 11 months in soft launch
KLab not offering bonuses to its players
Pocker Gamer Stars
Meet the Pocket Gamer team in South Korea at G-Star 2016
Join Pocket Gamer for meetings and drinks
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy17
Mixi profits tumble by 31% as it begins to test Monster Strike in Western markets
Marvel Tsum Tsum gets a brief mention
Tsum More
Marvel Tsum Tsum amasses six million downloads in nine months of release
A whole lot of stacking
Office Closure
Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin
Berlin developer moves localisation efforts back to Germany
Bandai Namco Financials Q2 Fy17
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle helps push Bandai Namco sales to $2.82 billion
Profits up 32.5% year-on-year
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy17
Square Enix sales hit $1 billion off the back of mobile successes Mobius Final Fantasy and Brave Exvius
Games released this fiscal year have "underperformed"
Asia Bulletin
Unity signs China publishing deal with Xiaomi, GungHo switches to global development approach, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Two Games, One Kingdom
NCsoft files lawsuit against Netmarble over alleged Lineage IP infringement
MMORPG Aden stood to benefit from Lineage likeness
Cut Off
Samsung to cut off phone call and messaging services for Galaxy Note 7 in New Zealand
South Korean company takes further lengths to get users to exchange phones
Dena Financials
DeNA to double down on Nintendo partnership into next year and beyond
Publisher also plans to release five games of its own in Japan and China
Asia Dash
Sega eyes other Asia markets as Japanese mobile market saturates and game dev costs rise
Predominance of leading publishers raising the stakes in mobile games industry
Unity And Xiaomi
Unity wants to make publishing mobile games in China easier for developers with Xiaomi partnership
Providing help with licensing and a space on their store
Indian Mavens
Indian game developers discuss whether Nintendo Switch could be a success in India
Game-changer or gimmick?
Asia Bulletin
King closes Nonstop Games, China Rich List, Nintendo profits up on Pokemon GO and Seattle Mariners sale, and more
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Play No More
SNK Playmore dropping Playmore name on December 1st
Going back to basics
Switch Supplies
Nintendo preparing to ship more Switch consoles should demand exceed initial 2 million units
Says it will not be selling them at a loss
No Mario For China
Nintendo undecided on whether or not to release Super Mario Run in China
Also explains why it was brought forward ahead of Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing
Start-up Funding
Mobile and VR start-up Playsnak raises $1.3 million funding from South Korean investor
Former Crytek, NCSoft, EA and Nintendo staff open new studio
Left Behind
An adventure cut short: The human cost of a canned F2P game
A live game can't stay that way forever, but we should remember the impact on players
It's Mi Vr
Smartphone maker Xiaomi launches $29 VR headset Mi VR in China
Ultra-low latency and touch-controlled remote
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy16
Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo switches to global development approach as profits fall by 43.4%
10 games currently in development
The Story Ends
COLOPL NI winds up development on JRPG Rune Story after just one year
A hit in Japan, not so in the west
Konami Financials Q2 Fy17
26 million Power Pro downloads helps Konami's profits soar to $115.8 million
Game revenues increase while everything else drops
Hurry To Hyderabad
NaturalMotion, EA and Unity speakers heading to NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Others include Big Boss Entertainment, Fireproof and Stoic
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy16
Capcom talks up VR potential as profits slump to $3.86 million
Digital Contents business sees some growth
Asia Bulletin
China’s App Store revenues hit $1.7 billion in Q3, the top 20 Chinese Android app stores, and more
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China Rich List
Tencent and NetEase CEOs in top five of Forbes' China Rich List with combined worth of $39.7 billion
Worth $24.5 billion and $15.2 billion respectively
Switch It Up
Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017
Plans to ship 2 million units globally in its first month
Studio Closure
King shuts down Singapore studio Nonstop Games two years after big money deal
Developer closes two years after big money acquisition
Samsung Financials Q3 Fy16
Samsung blames exploding Galaxy Note 7 fiasco for burning a hole in its mobile profits
Profits and sales drop across the board
Global Mario
Super Mario Run heading to 150 countries in December
Nintendo confirms game will not have any in-app purchases other than to unlock the full game
Indian Mavens
Indian game developers react to Google Pixel and Daydream View VR
Will Google's new hardware have any impact on the Indian market?
Ninten-go
Nintendo profits up to $364 million as Pokemon GO and Seattle Mariners sale prop up falling revenues
Financial report doesn't mention Miitomo