Opinion
How Korean indies like Owlogue and Wispsoft are finding success with local crowdfunders
The News Gangnam Style
5 reasons Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015 is perfect for indie developers
Indie jungle, the mobile jungle, we'll help your game to thrive
Investment
Rumour: Alibaba to invest big in Com2uS
Making up for lost time
Investment
Rivals collaborate: Tencent and Alibaba both invest in film/TV outfit Huayi Brothers
Tencent gains IP for game development
Marketing outfit Crobo opens office in China
Ther journey east
Ukie promotes UK games business in Korea at G-Star conference
Big in Busan
Spacetime's MMOG Arcane Legends coming to China courtesy of Golden Gate Games
Will be culturalised for local tastes
Following 300% Asia growth in Q3, Adjust opens offices in China and Japan
Shanghai and Tokyo are the places to be
Charticle
Mistwalker's Terra Battle scores big on the Google Play top grossing charts in Japan, France and Spain
But iPhone players don't care
Announcing its N1 tablet, Nokia looks to create an Android iPad for China and beyond
Includes news Nokia Z app launcher
Financials
Focusing on single player games, SkyMobi sees FY14 Q3 sales up 24% to $34 million
Counter-intuitive bet is playing off
Deal
Gamevil and XL Games combine to release ArcheAge
Mobile ready
Kakao-centric
WeMade sees FY14 Q3 mobile game sales rise 4% to $16.5 million
Focused on local market
We'll acquire western devs to generate $50 million by 2018 says Reliance Games CEO
Indian outfit investing to scale up
Jobs
Gumi hires ex-EA Sports Japan exec to head European push
Are Mack Growen changes continents
Jobs Board
Goodgame, Flaregames, King, InMobi and App Annie all hiring now
Positions open
Bright Sparks
Nexon sees FY14 Q3 mobile revenues up 41% to $88 million
Japan still down, but Korea on the up
Deal
Sega and Gumi join forces to release Chain Chronicle in the west
Power combo
Investment
LINE and Tencent invest $110 million Korean startup 4:33 Creative Lab
Double up
Making Of
The world at war: The making of Brave Frontier
Hisatoshi Hayakashi details the JRPG that's for everyone
MyGamez on why full localisation wasn't key to Hill Climb Racing's success in China
Test the water before investing heavily
Charticle
Walk the LINE: How Disney Tsum Tsum found success in Thailand and Hong Kong
But sunk in the US
Jobs Board
EA-man Nick Earl joins Kabam, Kiip make strategic hires, and Datascope and Vivid hunt down new talent
Positions available
Rovio launches Angry Birds Stella in China with Alibaba
And promotes it via Chinese Idols
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Kicking off 13-14 January
80 currencies, 120 payment options, Paymentwall looks to monetise smart TVs
Going beyond the credit card community
Chart Of The Week
Everywhere is a boomtown for Com2uS, but especially Europe and Asia
Korea is now the laggard
Financials
With FY14 Q3 revenue up 28%, Gamevil looks to break $100 million mark for 2014
Profit up 185% to $9 million
Financials
Summoners War and Ace Fishing push Com2uS' FY14 Q3 sales up 102% to $85 million
Asia Pacific region dominates
Deal
French media outfit Ankama acquires Wizcorp for its HTML5 expertise
Japanese company's smarts impress
Assemble for Pocket Gamer's Superhero party at G-Star on 20 Nov
All bound for Busan
Jobs
Changyou CEO steps down "for personal reasons"
Publisher will now be run by co-CEOs
Financials
Changyou sees FY14 Q3 VAS revenue up 52% to $7.4 million
Core PC online titles see slight decline
Hunger Hits China
OurPalm signs China publishing deal with Ubisoft over Hungry Shark Evolution
Ubisoft and OurPalm enter agreement
Financials
LINE Corp sees FY14 Q3 revenue up 17% to $210 million
Active user base totals 170 million
Jobs Board
Hamburg is the place to get a job with Innogames and Goodgame recruiting hard
Positions available
China joy: Tencent's daily app downloads pass 100 million
Jump 33 percent since July
MyGamez kicks off gaming for China Unicom's set-top boxes with Tunnel Ground
The Finnish connection
Data
Despite growth of 73%, iResearch claims the $4 billion Chinese mobile games market is 'maturing'
Estimates Q3 market value at $1.1 billion
Unity signs global alliance with Korean giant NHN Entertainment
Set to build on 60% share of output
Game Connection 2014
How to accelerate your success in the Chinese mobile market
TalkingData's Ibrahim Dai lends a helping hand
Deals
Rumour: GungHo Online buys 70% stake in PlayPhone to gain US and emerging markets reach
Android mobile social gaming network snapped up
Curiouser and curiouser: Shanda CEO steps down with immediate effect
The saga continues
Chukong rolls out Cocos Services to provide one-stop mobile game-making shop
Adds monetisation, analytics and operations
No big puzzle: GungHo continues western push with 17-BIT deal
Set to publish future releases
Deal
CMGE gains rights to make Hello Kitty games in China
License to print money?
Chart Of The Week
RPGs take top grossing share from card-collection games on Japanese Google Play charts
Metaps marks the changes
Investment
Intel Capital puts $28 million into Chinese wearable tech startups
First input from $100 million China Smart Device Innovation Fund
Deal
GREE agrees publishing partnership with carrier KDDI
The power of two
Interview
Reliance Games CEO on making games for the Indian market as well as nurturing local developer talent
Manish Agarwal on the coming opportunity