Post-line Generation
BeeTalk announces 10 million users, while customisation app Cocoppa breaks 25 million barrier
New ways to find Asian audiences
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Shintaro Kanaoya, Chorus
Surfing Japan's surge
Deal
Kabam and CJ E&M Netmarble partner up to release... ?
Undisclosed but probably Together Dungeon King
Financials
Renren's Q1 2104 game revenues collapse 52% to $12.7 million
Delays to new releases hits hard
Data
League of Legends dominates game usage in Chinese PC cafes
The MOBA opportunity for mobile
Video Interview
FunPlus CEO on building global success from Beijing
Chinese company makes a reverse play
Financials
Perfect World praises mobile's 'meaningful revenue contribution' as Q1 FY14 sales rise 44% to $143m
Return of the Condor Heroes doing the business
Big In Japan
More bad news for GREE and DeNA, but Mixi's on the up thanks to Monster Strike
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Interview
Perfect World on successfully simplifying Chinese games for western audiences
How Lies of Asaroth became Elemental Kingdoms
Interview
Why Chorus is bringing western indie mobile games to Japan
Big, simple market is ripe for new content
Financials
Tencent sees Q1 2014 social mobile game sales up 200% to $290 million
WeChat and Mobile QQ drive the growth
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Arthur Chow, 6waves
The global opportunity
Financials
Gamevil's Q1 2014 profits up 104% to $3.7 million
A record period for the Korean publisher
Back together: Phone leak suggests LG looking to win with Windows Phone
Uni8 will be firm's first WP8 handset
Financials
Nexon sees Q1 2014 mobile game sales down 4% to $70 million
Accounts for 15% of overall revenue
Interview
SkyMobi CEO on why he's looking to succeed in China by publishing western casual games
Quality drives the opportunity
Financials
Castle Clash boosts IGG's FY14 Q1 revenue 206% to $44.1 million
Generated $13.6 million in profits
Teyon's take on breaking into the Japanese market
Understanding Japan
Opinion
Nintendo can steer its ship back on course without moving on mobile, and here's how
The giant's two-pronged strategy just might work
Big In Japan
Colopl and GungHo post impressive financials, while 3 media giants combine to Reinforce
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Data
SuperData: China's $3 billion mobile games market will eclipse US soon
US leads on conversion, China wins on ARPPU
Nintendo vows return to profitability as giant confirms $229 million loss in 2013
Weak sales pile pressure on Iwata
Making Of
Eastern monetisation meets Western UX: The making of Heroes of Honor
Henric Suuronen on Nonstop Games' debut
Interview
Perfect World CEO Robert Xiao on its 'balanced transition' to mobile games
Mobile games will not destroy PC market
Meet up with PocketGamer.biz at GMIC Beijing
Back in the hottest market in the world
Deal
LINE partners with Wandoujia to grow in China
Taking on WeChat in its own back yard
Eastern promises: Chorus Worldwide aims to help developers take flight in Asia
West to East
Advertising Data
AppFlood sees Q1 2014 traffic up 46% but ad spend is up 62%
Android network extends reach
Puzzle & Dragons hits Japanese arcades with real-time multiplayer mode
Prove you're the best at ¥100 a go
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
Both companies going Asian
Financials
Wartune and TLBB decline as Changyou posts Q1 2014 loss of $19.5 million
But revenues up 2% to $181 million
Charticle
Blizzard's Hearthstone shines strong in the East
But US is darker
Big In Japan
Monsters, mushrooms, meow meows and Puzzle & Dragons hits the arcade
Weekly digest from Tokyo
F2p Summit
BRIC by BRIC: How Brazil, Russia, India and China are building F2P success
Glispa MD Tim Nilsson on the shifting balance of power
Tencent tells 'Mark Zuckerberg' to find real friends on WeChat
Spoof TV ad from South Africa
King launches Japanese base to seize bigger piece of $5 billion smartphone gaming market
Tokyo HQ unveiled
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Complexity in China
Big In Japan
GREE announces Wright Flyer Studios while Puzzle & Dragons comes to arcades
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Interview
Gaining on Gamevil: How the Big Indie 40 project is helping small studios take on Korea's big boys
Curtis File on why the shutdown law isn't affecting mobile
GungHo Online’s Princess Punt Sweets passes 8 million downloads in Japan
Chasing the dragon
Candy Crush makes move on China via Tencent’s WeChat platform
Easing the IPO headache
Wartune is generating 40% of Hoolai's mobile revenue
Q1 mobile revenues have tripled
Interview
Western gamers deserve all new titles from Asian devs, not ports: Crooz's Kenji Hiruta on going global
But simplicity is a universal
Big In Japan
More Mana and Saga games coming to mobile
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Building A Bridge
How AppFlood’s RTB smarts will help unlock China’s mobile ad market
PapayaMobile’s Chris Hanage on the opportunities
Must Knows
18 key trends from the Chinese mobile games market
A quantitative deep dive
Big In Japan
Colopl on the up, Capcom on the slide, Cygames getting drunk?
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Racing Rpgs
In Japan, Quiz RPG is catching Puzzle & Dragons
23 million downloads vs 25 million
SourceNext to publish Burn the Rope Worlds in Japan
Big Blue Bubble partners up
Open Doors
AppFlood rolls out RTB platform to bring China into global ad ecosystem
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