Financials
KongZhong announces special dividend worth $40 million
Buttering up the shareholders
Investment
OurPalm invests $30 million into loss-making subsidiary FingerFun
Moving money around
Charticle
Rovio Star's Plunder Pirates discovers buried treasure in France, China and South Korea
A pirate's life
Alongside new wearables company, Lenovo reveals China-only Google Glass rival
Fits on your spectacles
Delhi rising: LINE reaches 30 million registered users in India
A billion to go
Jobs Board
Zynga's VP of games jumps ship but WildTangent, Next Games and Supercell hiring
Positions open
Xiaomi ships 19 million smartphones during Q3 2014
Shipping out
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Data
Final Fantasy's Sakaguchi first F2P game Terra Battle hits 500,000 downloads
Pushing the social aspect
Qihoo 360 targets 30% share of Chinese mobile search within 2 years
Another way to win in app distribution
LINE expands its vision with native iPad app
The next 70 million
Video
Why breaking into the lucrative Korean mobile games market is an uphill battle
Wisdom from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Gamevil partners with 8elements to open southeast Asia office in Singapore
Covering Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam
Jobs
Storm8 bring in former Zynga men as NaturalMotion, Tag Games, and NativeX look for exciting talent
New positions
Deal
Passing the baton: GREE sets up a joint venture to make games for LINE
Social platform wins over games platform
Investment
IDG Capital drops $1.55 million on Cloudcade to drive F2P innovation
Seed round complete
Video
Why Hong Kong and Taiwan are key but often overlooked Asian markets
6waves' Arthur Chow makes the case
Video
How Hitcents defeated the pirates and built a business in China
Stuart Westphal's talk from PG Connects Helsinki
Opinion
How Korean mobile game developers are riding the financials markets to success
The News Gangnam Style
Chart Of The Week
Five crazy deals which have inflated the games M&A bubble during 2014
Show me the profits
Charticle
Has World of Tank Blitz's 1.4 GB file size restricted its top grossing chart success?
The weight of armour
DeNA drops Mobage branding
Simplifies its approach
Video
SkyMobi on targeting the bulk of Chinese mobile gamers who live in third tier cities
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Video
Chinese mobile gamers want pay-to-win says localisation expert
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Financials
Shanda to award 8 key staff golden handcuffs worth at least $13 million
Please stay
Financials
Shanda sees Q2 FY14 mobile game sales up 31% to $14 million
Chain Chronicle gives a boost
Video
DeNA on why western best practices don't work in Asia
Kenji Kobayashi on acting local
Pocket Gamer and App Annie light up the Tokyo night with VIP-studded TGS party
Japanese mobile gaming glitterati were out in force at Ele Tokyo
Dice Europe
Nexon: Working in games is like running a restaurant, and now's the time for your cuisine to go global
Min Kim on cooking up a storm
Opinion
Why the Indian games market is now ripe for success
Local conditions and talent are in place says Aswin Sambamurthy
More than Kakao: Four Korean mobile gaming platforms you should consider
The News Gangnam Style
Rumours
Ovum suggests Alibaba could make a $1.5+ billion move for Tango
What to do with its IPO warchest
Financials
With H1 2014 sales up 71% to $21 million, Feiyu Technology announces Hong Kong IPO plans
Xiamen Haloer+Cairot=IPO
King triumphs in 6waves legal dispute, Chinese firm pulls 'clones' from sale
Treasure Epic and Farm Epic are no more
SkyMobi looks to expand its instore reach to over 100,000 operator shops in China
Enabling more pre-installations of the Maopao app store
Jobs
Wooga hires ex-LINE game man to run new Japan office
Heading east
Google launches its first $100 Android One phones in India
Targetting the next 5 billion
Deal
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Animoca will continue to operate young teen franchise
Deal
SkyMobi brings Battle Towers, Major Mayhem and Dungeon Quest to China
Small file size, big entertainment
Chinese publisher OurPalm says it's making a major investment into Unity
Part of a wider strategic reorg?
Deal
Halfbrick and iDreamsky bring a new version of Fruit Ninja to Tencent's mobile platform
Locked into QQ and WeChat users
Interview
Hoolai on why content is king in the saturated Chinese mobile game market
Although Tencent's help doesn't go amiss either
Jobs
Rumour: Changyou cuts 100 jobs at 17173.com
Looking to reduce staff costs
Square Enix launches Dive In game streaming service in Japan
How to get Final Fantasy VII on your mobile
Jobs
SkyMobi poaches Glu Mobile China's GM to run its game operations
Gio Zhang to expand international sourcing and M&A efforts
Jobs
Adjust appoints ex-Upsight exec Shawn Bonham to head up APAC expansion
Japan and South East Asia on target
Sponsored Feature
Metaps on why you should come to Tokyo Game Show and bring your mobile game to Japan
Learn more at Metaps' Tokyo Mobile Game Night
Financials
Privatisation of Shanda Games takes another turn as a member resigns its special committee
Another twist in the tale
Financials
Leaked email reports Chukong's August 2014 sales up 130% to $28.5 million
Good news can't wait