Opinion
Despite discovery issues and its 21% cut, Kakao remains a strong play for developers
The News Gangnam Style
Deals
M&A the Chinese way: 5 surprising acquisitions of game companies
Reading between the lines
Deals
Consortium swap: 3 new investors including a textiles company step up to take Shanda Games private
Stranger and stranger
Deal
Hoolai tests the hardcore appetite of WeChat players with War of Immortals
Successful web game goes mobile
Chinese Beaujolais
China to get Ouya games and CMGE looks to rollout out free wifi
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Financials
Despite having $100 million in the bank, LineKong files for Hong Kong IPO
The rich get richer
Ban hammer: Korea's game rating committee shuts down Facebook gaming
For the greater good
Interview
How AppSealing protects your Android games from hacking
Stronger security from $595
Financials
KongZhong's mobile sales boom in FY14 Q2 up 30% to $10.5 million
Has another 5 titles ready to go
On the back of Japanese app success, Disney sells 1.6 million Tsum Tsum plushies
Cute sells
Deal
Qihoo 360 signs up Goodgames' Empire: Four Kingdom for China release
First deal of its kind
Financials
Renren sees FY14 Q2 game revenue slide 27% to $15 million
Mind the gap
Deal
Peak Candy Crush delayed as Tencent releases King's top grosser in China
A whole new kingdom opens up
Deals
GungHo makes $74 million selling its share of Supercell back to SoftBank
Japanese dev is now focusing on Asia market
Jobs
Gumi looks to go big outside of Japan, setting up 4 studios in US and Europe
Being born in the USA
Opinion
China: An opportunity or a threat for indie Korean mobile game developers?
The News Gangnam Style
Having informed Romanian devs, Pocket Gamer and SkyMobi head to Budapest on 28 August
A bridge between China and Eastern Europe
Opinion
7 reasons why the Chinese mobile games market is a constipated mess for indies
Innovation can not get out
Investment
The wild wild east: Chinese construction company spends $960 million on Family Farm publisher DianDian
FunPlus reboots for more adventures
Financials
Perfect World sees FY14 Q2 sales up 4% to $150 million
DOTA 2 does the business in China
Financials
With 21 games in development, CMGE sees FY14 Q2 sales up 28% to $44 million
All systems go
Financials
Single player casual games drive SkyMobi's FY14 Q2 sales up 32% to $27 million
Net profit up 1,270%
Chart Of The Week
Chart of the Week: How GungHo stole the Japanese mobile game industry from DeNA and GREE
Times they are a'changing
Financials
Mobile still nascent but NetEase sees FY14 Q2 game revenue up 8% to $377 million
Looking to diversify portfolio
Financials
WeMade sees FY14 Q2 mobile revenues down 18% to $16.5 million
Wind Runner still in decline
Financials
Thanks to Legion of Heroes and FIFA 3, Nexon sees FY14 Q2 mobile sales up 16% to $82 million
But native games only account for 38%
Financials
China's #1 mobile game publisher Tencent generated $487 million in FY14 Q2
Now focusing on 'game portfolio expansion'
Financials
With FY14 sales down 27% to $1.2 billion, GREE pivots, switching 700 staff to native games
Too much, too late?
Interview
80% of Chinese devs will close in 12 months that's why we're 100% international, say Sphinx
Structural pressures in the world's fastest-growing market
Chart Of The Week
How historic success and games-as-a-service expertise is keeping DeNA profitable
Rage of Bahamut etc still doing great business
The Charticle
Heading west: Can Summoners War: Sky Arena find global success?
Make cash, not war
Financials
Castle Clash's continued success drives IGG's FY14 Q2 sales up 8% to $48 million
Single game accounts for 65% of total revenues
88% of Tencent published games have been #1 on Chinese App Store
Power of a platform with 600 million players
Data
Who knows what? Estimates of the size of Chinese mobile game market differ by $1 billion
How fast is that rocket going?
Investment
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Distribution meets global gaming
Chinese Beaujolais
Fishing Joy 3 cast its net, Changyou buys Dolphin Browser and WuShen sold in a smashing deal
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Deal
Nexon signs again; grabs rights to ex-Phenomic devs first mobile strategy title
Envision Entertainment is up and running
Deals
West heads east: Tapjoy acquires Korean analytics platform 5Rocks
Robot rock
Chinese mobile market was $2 billion in H1 2014, but 92% of games are loss-making
Sector is now 25% of overall games market
Financials
With FY14 Q2 sales up 104% to $41.5 million, Com2uS' market cap is now over $1 billion
Summoners War and Ace Fishing ruling the app stores
Financials
Strong Korean market boosts Gamevil 61% to a record $32 million quarter
And more is expected with another 14 titles due in H2 2014
Financials
Despite ongoing business reset, Square Enix sees game sales up 103% to $373 million
Dragon Quest Monster Super Light strong in Japan
Financials
DeNA's platform approach hits global competition with FY14 Q1 revenue down 37% to $278 million
International business drops 50%
Sony cans PlayStation Mobile support for Android
Japanese statement reveals withdrawal
Financials
Namco Bandai posts FY15 Q1 game sales of $397 million
Financials
Mobile provides 'steady growth' as Konami sees FY15 Q2 game revenue up 2% to $201 million
Sales still heavily Japan-centric
Data
Chinese web and client game growth halts as mobile gears up
iResearch plots the changes
Investment
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
RTB outfit bids up
Data
Samsung's woes continue as Xiaomi is #1 OEM in China in Q2 2014
Local company beats out the Galaxy brand
Pocket Gamer rocks the Shanghai night at ChinaJoy 2014
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