Another Galaxy
Samsung offering half-price Galaxy Note 8 to Note 7 owners in South Korea
An apology for launching an exploding phone
Asia News
Netmarble employee jumps to his death from Seoul office building after sacking
Fired for alleged embezzlement of cyber money
Mobile Trumps Pc
Mobile growth picks up the slack from PC decline in Changyou’s games business
Number of paying mobile players up by 700,000
Record Breaker
China’s iOS App Store revenues hit record $1.7 billion in Q3 2016 as staggering growth continues
Now the biggest marketplace for iOS apps
Share Switch
Nintendo shares rise and fall as investors express concern over Nintendo Switch
But shares still riding high of Nintendo's mobile plans
Asia Bulletin
Tencent takes $3.5 billion loan to buy Supercell, Apple opening second R&D centre in China, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
App Store Breakdown
Here are the top 20 Chinese Android app stores
Tencent comes out on top with MyApp
Cash Royale
Chinese investors raise $850 million to fund Tencent's Supercell acquisition
Another big money deal to support Supercell purchase
Out Of The West
DeNA dissolves US subsidiary as Western games fail to meet expectations
Publisher to focus on collaborations with external studios
Loan Royale
Report: Tencent taking $3.5 billion loan for Supercell deal
Chinese firm seeks bank support for big money deal
Pushing Forward
Sony ForwardWorks to release up to six games across the next 18 months
Only in Asia
Note Worthy
Samsung to lose $3 billion in next six months following catastrophic Galaxy Note 7 launch
Will fall back on its Galaxy S7 instead
Gotta Go Fast
GameFounders opens submissions for Janaury 2017 round of acceleration
Deadline on November 15th
Asia Bulletin
NCSoft signs $10 million China publishing deal, Finnish start-up wants to bring Moomin games to Asia, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Doubling Up
Apple opening second China R&D centre in Shenzhen
Strengthening bonds even more
Samsung Sales
Samsung slashes sales forecasts and predicts $2 billion loss in wake Galaxy Note 7 woes
Sales figures affected, but not so much
Prodding The Sleeping Giant
Flixy Games on breaking the barriers to mobile gaming success in India
CEO Felix Manojh on waking a sleeping giant
Nexon Push
Nexon to bring Maple Story, Dungeon & Fighters and five other games to mobile by the end of 2016
Only reveals six
Blimey
Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi sells 500,000 units in India in 3 days
A new record for India
Heating Up
Samsung profits increase by $3.6 million despite exploding phone fiasco
Other arms of the business still performing well
Ready For China
NCSoft signs $10 million deal to bring mobile game Lineage Red Knights to China
Publisher could collaborate with the Alpha Group on animations, cartoons and toys
Moomin On Up
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Turku-based studio eyes up niche market
Indian Mavens
Is localising games for India a smart move?
Indian Mavens discuss Flixy Games' strategy
Asia Bulletin
Chinese investor buys marketing platform AppLovin for $1.4 billion, Netmarble gears up for multi-billion dollar IPO, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Global Mobile Report
China will lead global app revenues to $44.8 billion in 2016
An in-depth analysis of the global mobile market
The Ideal Mixi
Marvel Tsum Tsum developer Mixi on catering to the new casual Marvel fan
Senior Producer Erika Nakamura explains why Disney chose Mixi
Going Public
South Korea games publisher Netmarble seeks approval for multi-billion dollar IPO
Netmarble readies itself for long-awaited initial public offering
Big In Japan
Pokemon GO’s Japan launch three times as big as US release
Global launch had 50x more players than expected
East To West
Chinese publisher Kingnet debuts in the West with multiplayer war game Thunder Fleet
Newly public company eyes global expansion
Apple In China
Apple's new hardware-focused R&D centre in China to cost $45 million
Will employ 500 people
Heart Of China
New Chinese games company and Jagex owner Zhongji Holding eyes acquisitions
Looking to acquire more developers
Flixy Funding
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Launches first game, Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar
Samsung Under Fire
Samsung comes under fire once again as a Galaxy Note 7 explodes in China
Not having the best month
Asia Bulletin
Pokemon GO aims for China, a third of Japan's population plays Puzzle & Dragons, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
The Race Is On
Western devs must get better at F2P before Chinese giants steal their players, says NetEase's Tom van Dam
Great game design can't overcome F2P naivety
Blizzard In China
Blizzard and NetEase extend mainland China games partnership to January 2020
Happy to keep working together
Take Note
Samsung's "improved" Galaxy Note 7 is still overheating in South Korea
Sales delayed until October 1st
Lovin' It
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
US ad firm gets Chinese ownership
User Acquisition
Cinema trailer springs Chinese MMO into top 10 grossing chart
Offline user acquisition campaign gets strong results
East To West
Popular China MMORPG MU Origin hits one million downloads in Europe, US and South America
Strong start for Webzen-published mobile hit
Gearing Up For Nx
Nintendo NX production estimated at up to 10 million units per year
Console giant prepares for planned Nintendo NX March 2017 release date
Portable Nx
Pokemon CEO hints Nintendo NX will be home console and handheld hybrid
The Pokemon Company making games for Nintendo NX
Ua In Asia
How to adapt your UA campaign for China, Japan and South Korea
They key cultural differences between the top Asian countries for mobile games
Key Frames
NCSOFT partners with IKinema to use cost-cutting procedural animation system in next title
Real-time inverse kinematics, they call it
Going To China
Pokemon GO aiming for release in China, says Pokemon Company's CEO
New features still on their way
Asia Bulletin
Chinese eSports dev Hero Entertainment gets $288 million investment, advertising platform Leadbolt opens Bangalore office, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Tokyo Game Show
Record 270,000 attendees visit Tokyo Game Show 2016
Tokyo Game Show 2017 dates revealed
Virtual Phone
You can use your mobile phone in PlayStation VR with AnywhereVR
The virtual world gets more real
Match-third
One-third of Japan's 127 million population has downloaded Puzzle & Dragons
So says Serkan Toto
It's A Hit
Trophit and Adways join forces to boost Prelaunch.me's pre-registration campaigns
More gifts equals more pre-registrations