Shanda Games receives $1.9 billion offer to take it private
Shanda Interactive and Primavera make their move
Puzzle & Dragons goes pink with Hello Kitty mash-up event
Dragons withs hair clips
Big in Japan: Kemco goes against the flow, while Square Enix shares rise high
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Chart of the Week: They're lucrative but how open are Korea, China and Japan to western content?
You need to think local
Umeng reckons first WeChat games had 1-day retention of 32%
Market analytics from China
The Asian app market grew 162% in 2013, accounting for 41% of global sales
And it's only going to get bigger
Why mobile payment expert Fortumo is advising Chinese devs to release internationally
Stressing the opportunities of emerging markets
South Korea, Japan and US now generate 75% of Google Play revenues, says App Annie
Google's OS ruling in Asia
Clone Wars - GMGC recommends diplomacy first when dealing with Chinese copies
Think local
PGC: Western developers need to learn Gatcha monetisation techniques
So says publisher Gumi
Exclusive: Miniclip bringing hit Korean multiplayer game Arrow to the West
Hit targeted
PGC: MyGamez CEO says there is a market for Western games in China if you work with OEMs
Mikael Leinonen speaks out
PGC: How Where's My Water? became Where's My XiYangYang?
ATH Studios' Chinese remake
It's over: DeNA and Namco Bandai announce joint venture split
BNDeNA partnership ending in March
Adways invests in 5Rocks to create better mobile marketing channel
Japanese ad and Korean data companies take on world
Linekong raises $80 million in Series C round
Setting the scene prior to expected IPO
Big in Japan: Good news for Colopl and GREE, while Capcom's got rhythm
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Cut the Rope 2 pushes Yodo1 past 100 million users in China
Game amassed 2 million downloads in first 10 days
T is for trouble: NTT DoCoMo cans plans to launch Tizen in Japan
Samsung's OS looking shaky
KongZhong partners with Soha to launch games in Vietnam
Hero and Goddess the first release
We'll invest a lot of money and energy to make western games successful in China, say Rekoo
Supersolid deal the first of many
Rekoo partners up with Supersolid to bring Adventure Town to Chinese market
City-building RPG heading east
PopCap Shanghai to lead Chinese culturalisation of key EA Mobile IP
FIFA, Need for Speed and Battlefield on the cards
Puzzle & Dragons Z follows mobile's lead with Yoplait Yoghurt crossover
Hungry for more content?
The Charticle: Thanks to support for 11 languages, Gamevil's Monster Warlord is now generating $1.9 million a month
Ruling the roost on Google Play
Chinese in-app search platform Wandoujia raises $120 million
SoftBank leads the Series B investment round
Chinese mobile publisher MorningTec raises $8.3 million
Haitong invests in tech/operations outfit
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Robby Yung, Animoca
Female gamers are a key opportunity for us
KongZhong claims successful launch of mobile MMORPG Kooky Three Kingdoms
Already the top RPG on Chinese App Store
IGG to launch strategy title Castle Clash on WeChat
Tencent platform is growing up
Chinese mobile games market hots up as Alibaba takes on Tencent
$100 billion company makes move on $120 billion rival
Feeling the squeeze: Samsung under pressure as giant forecasts 6% profit drop
Apple, Nokia and HTC chipping away
Sneaking up on Puzzle & Dragons, Quiz RPG hits 17 million users in Japan
Growth more than doubled in 3 months
Indonesia's now a social mobile gaming battlefield as WeChat joins Kakao and LINE
Nation of 250 million is a prize worth fighting over
Chart of the Week: Tracking the rise of Xiaomi
Chinese Android OEM gaining ground
PG Connects speaker spotlight: David McCarthy, Metaps
The opportunity is huge across the whole of Asia
Official figures underestimate Chinese mobile games market in 2013 by up to $300 million
Just growing too fast?
2013 In Review: Gamevil's Kyu Lee
On the rise of games-as-a-service
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Ken Asakura, Adways Interactive
Ad networks need to improve their transparency
2013 In Review: Kemco's Matteo Conti
Japan moved to embrace native mobile games
Gumi raises $18 million, also forms a joint venture with Fuji Media
Japanese developer spreading its wings
2013 In Review: LineKong's Johanna Ji
The competitive challenge of the Chinese market
CyberAgent invests in Indonesian mobile developer TouchTen
Looking to hook into strong regional growth
Subsidiarized: NHN breaks out three independent mobile studios
BlackPick, PixelCube and Studio 629 emerge
Xiaomi claims 30 million users for its MIUI Android fork
Generating around $5 million per month
Puzzle & Dragons Z for 3DS ships 1 million copies in Japan
79.02% sell through reported
Android OS customisation outfit CyanogenMod raises $23 million
Tencent and Andreessen Horowitz invest
Chart of the Week: Chinese mobile advertising booms 151%
Focus on populous SE Asia and lucrative Middle East
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Steve Gray, Tencent
We're looking to work with great developers
Chart of the Week: Value of Korean app market up 759% in 2013
Why you need to be on Android and in Asia