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
Indian Mavens
Does iPhone 7's high price seal its doom in India?
Indian Mavens discuss the $900 phone
China Esports Deal
Huyai Brothers invests $288 million in major Chinese eSports developer Hero Entertainment
Good deal for both sides
Indian Potential
Mobile advertising platform Leadbolt opens Bangalore office
Sydney-based ad platform targets India's 204m smartphones
Mobile Savior
Nexon signs global publishing deal for Korean MMO Tree of Savior Mobile
Deal excludes Greater China
Asia Bulletin
China, US and Japan drive games industry revenues, Chinese tech fans react to iPhone 7, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Cutting Down
Uppercut’s open-world mobile game Submerged powered by 3D optimisation tool Simplygon
Mesh and polygon reduction
Incredible Downloads
Heroes of Incredible Tales achieves five million downloads outside of South Korea
Still to land in Japan
New Opportunities
Hong Kong is a whale market for mobile gaming
A rising market in Asia
Make Room In Your Schedule
Fireproof Games' Barry Meade to speak at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
The Room developer sets sights on Hyderabad
Cultural Divide
Chinese tech fans unimpressed by iPhone 7, but devices are selling out in the US
But Chinese less bothered by the loss of a headphone jack
Fully Operational
Bandai Namco opens new Malaysia studio
Heading up visual art in the region
Mario Chart
Nintendo and DeNA shares rocket on Miyamoto's mobile Mario game announcement at Apple's Keynote
Shares rose as much as 18% before settling to 11% up
Pokeban Go
Pokemon GO facing lawsuit in India for blasphemous content, despite not being launched there
Enough of this now
Meet Robot Gentleman, the team behind post-apocalyptic survival game 60 Seconds!
A fresh new studio with a genteel approach to mobile gaming
Asia Bulletin
Japan and China have the highest ARPU, what happens when global expansion goes bad, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Sony Go
Sony reaffirms commitment to mobile following Nintendo's success with Pokemon GO
Kaz Hirai gets all excited about AR
Box Office Numbers
China, US and Japan drive global games industry revenues to more than double movie Box Office
China and Japan make up over 42% of mobile game revenues
Asia Marketing
How Portable Marketing Co. can help market your mobile game in Asia
A look at the company's wide range of services
Million Vr-thur
Square Enix to collaborate with HTC to bring Million Arthur VR to Vive
Obscure card-battler gets the VR treatment
Indian Mavens
Is Shilpa Shetty's newly co-founded Viaan Studios set for success?
Leading Indian developers weight up the new studio's chances
Appsflyer In China
AppsFlyer partners with Tencent to bring tracking service to Tencent Social Ads
Track ad performance across WeChat and QQ
Japan Arpu
With its locally-developed RPGs Japan has the highest ARPU of all the markets
App Annie report looks at ARPU around the world
China Publishing
New Publishing License policy for games in China
How to get your game released in China
Rules Of China
There are a few things you need to know before publishing your mobile game in China
Neogames shares its knowledge
Asia Bulletin
Sky-mobi delists from NASDAQ after $49 million takeover, Andrew Sheppard named CEO of Gree International Entertainment, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin, in Chinese
Learn From The Best
What other mobile shooters should learn from Glu Mobile's Rival Fire
The case for Rival Fire as a best-in-class shooter
Pocket Platinum
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Cites advancements in smartphone technology as reason for shifting development
Adapting To Asia
Six hacks to crack the app monetization code in Asia
How to pick your approach to monetising Eastern users
Island Life
Sky-mobi delists from NASDAQ as $49 million Cayman Islands takeover completes
Trend continues
Asia Bulletin
Apple to open R&D centre in China, Tencent invests big in Douyu TV, Monster Strike dev pivots focus to China, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin
Now In Soft Launch
Indian studio June Software signs publishing deal with Tango, soft launches Warrior Dash
Game launched in seven markets
Strategy And Celebrity Titles Incoming
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty sets up new Indian game developer Viaan Studios
Indian handset manufacturer Viaan Industries diversifies
Segmentation Rules
How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%
Analyse the flow
Apple R&d
Apple attempts to improve iPhone sales in China with a new R&D centre
Hoping to improve relations
Tencent Financials Fy16 Q2
Even before Supercell deal closes, Tencent sees huge surge in mobile game revenues
Total revenues up to $5.4 billion in FY16 Q2
Learning By Doing
How quitting game design college eventually led Dropout Games to App Store success
The makers of UNWYND and Blyss talk dropping out and the future
Closer To Home
Mixi suspends Monster Strike's US marketing; pivots to focus on China
Competitive beast
Sea-registration
Adways brings its pre-registration campaigns to Southeast Asia, starting in Thailand and Vietnam
Operating through SEA ad network Seads
Asia Bulletin
Nexon grows in South Korea, Android takes 97% of India smartphone market in Q2, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin