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
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