Financial Roundup
Snapshot of Japanese mobile game company financials
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Tough Times
DeNA still in transition with FY14 Q3 revenues down 4%
But coin sales on the up
Bubble M&a
Four years on, GREE writes off $75 million from its OpenFeint acquisition
Also drops $78 million from Pokelabo deal
West Talks East
Western mobile games journalists head to PG Connects Bangalore 2015
First batch of the press corp due east to Indian leg of PGC event is officially revealed
Disney Dollars
Tsum Tsum's top grossing success in Japan boosts Disney Interactive's sales
Revenues dipped, but profits were up thanks to mobile
Next Billion
Yellow Monkey Studios' Shailesh Prabhu on his aspirations for the Indian market
The build up to Bangalore
Another Puzzle
iDreamSky bags exclusive Chinese Android rights for Monument Valley
Ustwo sets sights on China
India Calling
Rovio, Xiaomi, Unity, and Roadhouse Interactive to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2015
First speaker announcement
Joining The Dots
LINE looks to partner with mobile game devs in Taiwan and Thailand
Building presence in its #1 markets
East Meets West
Perfect World CEO Robert Hong Xiao on a strategy for global F2P success
From PC to mobile and console
Western Proxy
Taiwanese mobile game sector to hit $474 million in 2015
Annual growth of 70%
Ouya Elsewhere
Ouya leverages its library to earn $10 million investment from Alibaba
Ailing unconsole gets capital injection
Fantasy Land
CyberAgent Q1 FY15 sales up 4% to $119 million
Profit growth of 39% predicted for the year
Even More Dominant
Tencent rumoured to have bought China's #1 gaming website for $1 billion
Changyou hands over 17173.com
Hotting Up
GameAnax wins Pune's Game Hack competition
Four more cities still to visit
Westernisation
How China's soon-to-be #2 iOS status could shift our perceptions of the F2P Android gaming market
Shake up Shanghai style
Light Up
Mobcast buys Lumines and Meteos for mobile reinvention
Pieces of the puzzle
Softy Softy
How Goodgame Studios approached the Chinese market
Taking an iOS first approach
On The Up
Hashstash Studio on its aspirations for the Indian mobile game market
Plenty of potential
First Step
Summoners War to launch in China with Baidu and 360
Key partnerships
Roaring Tiger
GameHack devs on the future for the Indian mobile game market
Meet them and more at PGC Bangalore in April
Get Physical
UCWeb enters gaming hardware market with Android Xiaoqi Gamepad
Hardcore gaming for Chinese Android players
Tiger Roars
Steel Media and Reliance Games officially launch Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore
Asia next in line following record-breaking PGC London event
Next Billion
AppFlood report reveals 70% of new Android users coming from emerging markets
Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe growing fast
Building Connections
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
LEGO's first foray into free-to-play on mobile
Chart Of The Week
Does Monument Valley prove China can be a paid game market?
Ranks #2 globally
Dota's Top
Exclusive: China's top grossing Android games revealed - DOTA Legend is #1
Data gathered from over 1 billion phones shows $2.8 billion revenues in 2014
The Next Billion
Ironkill dev Play Motion on the growing Indian mobile gaming scene
Pune start-up looks to the future
Puzzle & Mario
GungHo and Nintendo collaborate on a Mario flavoured Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS
Mobile titans meet handheld legends
Market Movement
Com2uS opens Taiwan office to better target Chinese-speaking countries
Aggressive expansion plans in force
Going Private
Perfect World founder launches private buyout bid
Share jump sky high
Investment
KongZhong spends $16 million on a 7% stake in Forgame
A strategic investment
Interview
Reliance Games explains how its Game Hack is unlocking the Indian market
Indie devs get started on the road to PGC Bangalore
Reliance Games launch GameHack initiative to encourage and celebrate Indian mobile game devs
1 million Rupees plus a place at the PGC Bangalore Big Indie Pitch up for grabs
Interview
2014 in Review: Gio Zhang, SkyMobi - China will be biggest market in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Big In Bangalore
Steel Media and Reliance Games unite to launch Pocket Gamer Connects India in Bangalore
The next big market unwrapped
Interview
Reliance Games' CEO on buying western studios and educating Indian devs at PGC Bangalore
Acting local and global
Interview
We offer our Chinese clients global UA scale and expertise, says Adjust's head of China sales
Chris Rupp is outward-looking
Deal
Tencent and Aiming sign mutual game distribution deal in China and Japan
Best of both worlds
Chart Of The Week
China mobile game market was worth $1.1 billion in Q3 2014 but growth is slowing
Down into double digit year-on-year
Interview
2014 in Review: MJ Fahmi, Babil Games - Both developers and publishers must compromise
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Investment
Qualcomm invests in Chukong as part of its strategic Chinese fund
Betting on synergies
Tencent finally bringing Puzzle & Dragons to China
But is it too late?
Chart Of The Week
Beating RPGs for retention, CCGs are ruling and saturating the Chinese mobile market
Trumping it
Joint Venture
Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile social platform KTplay as it builds out gaming network
Yodo1 spins out its Kryptanium tech
Market Data
199 million-strong, southeast Asian mobile game market outnumbers PC
Over 20 million more gaming on mobile than PC
Deal
Bandai Namco partners with Roadhouse for new western-focused mobile RPG
Bubbling up in Vancouver
Interview
Indian dev 99Games on satisfying global tastes with Star Chef
Cooking up a tasty social gaming dish
Payments
Updated: LINE Pay to launch soon for digital and real-world purchases
Following Apple and Google into wallet business
Interview
Gumi Asia CEO on bringing Sega's hit RPG Chain Chronicle to the west
Brave Frontier publisher's next release