Pgc Summit Shanghai
Tips for navigating China's enormous games market
Tips on choosing a local partner, user acquisition and player behaviour
Company Profile
thatgamecompany
Website
thatgamecompany.com
About
Founded in 2006, they are committed to developing broadly accessible, artistic, emotional and enriching experiences, including award-winning titles flOw, Flower and Journey.
Their work has exhibited in galleries and exhibitions across the globe, including the induction into Smithsonian’s permanent collection.
Their hope is to expand the range of emotional experiences possible in video games, so that it can be enjoyed and loved by people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds.
Related People
Tim Nixon
Director of Online Experience
Cecil Kim
Art Director
Xinghan 'Jenova' Chen
Co-founder
Shijie Xue
Head of Corporate Development
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Accolades
Articles featuring thatgamecompany
Pgc Summit Shanghai
How Thatgamecompany and NetEase grew Sky's community in China
China has become one of Sky: Children of the Light's largest and most active player bases in the world - and the partnership behind that success runs far deeper than capital or market access
Pgc Summit Shanghai
Who's funding, monetising and building with AI at PGC Summit Shanghai 2026
Inside the top sessions at PGC Summit Shanghai, as speakers set the scene for the ideas, insights and conversations they’ll bring to the stage
Pgc Summit Shanghai
Thatgamecompany head of corporate development Shijie Xue to speak at PGC Summit Shanghai
A games M&A heavyweight joins the Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai lineup on July 29th
Artistic Achievement
Sky: Children of the Light surpasses 300m downloads
The milestone gets confirmed as thatgamecompany turns 20 years old
Us Best Of 2026
The Top 30 US Mobile Game Makers of 2026
The US movers and shakers of the last 12 months revealed!
Game Jam
Thatgamecompany launches first independently organised game jam
The developer invites creators to build accessible, emotionally driven experiences
Milestone
Sky: Children of the Light surpasses 270m downloads ahead of sixth anniversary celebration
The anniversary ceremony will honour outstanding user-generated content across ten categories
New Medium
Thatgamecompany fuses film and gaming in new Sky: Children of the Light animated feature
The developers’ transmedia project will explore the game’s origin story
Game Jam
Thatgamecompany and Coreblazer partner for online game jam
A cash prize of $4000 will be offered to the best overall winner
The Sky's The Limit
Thatgamecompany on what comes next for Sky: Children of the Light in 2024
Art Director, Cecil Kim shares on joining thatgamecompany and the journey from mobile to cross-platform for Sky: Children of the Light
World Record
Sky: Children of Light sets two new world records with in-game Aurora concert
The in-game concert drew 10,061 simultaneous players
Cross-platform Collaboration
Sky: Children of the Light collaboration with singer, Aurora
Thatgamecompany promises a "one-of-the-kind-experience" for this music/games mobile crossover
Creating Connections
Dream Games, thatgamecompany: building iconic IP creates essential emotional attachments
Royal Match and Sky creators Soner Aydemir and Jenova Chen share their views on connecting with players at Index Gaming Summit
Sky High
Jenova Chen on Sky’s arduous seven-year development and monetising his way
Journey and Sky: Children of the Light creator opens up about being outpaced by the mobile playerbase, altruistic IAPs, and belief in the metaverse
Gdc
GDC: Jenova Chen details the hard lessons pivoting from PC/console to mobile
thatgamecompany’s Chen discusses his design philosophy from Journey to Sky: Children of the Light
Elevating Games
Thatgamecompany receives $160 million investment to scale operations
Will expand team and further game development efforts
Follow The Light
Sky: Children of the Light soars past 50 million downloads
Three months after its Chinese launch
Achievement Unlocked
Call of Duty: Mobile takes home two accolades at International Mobile Gaming Awards
Best Techincal Achievement and Excellence in Gameplay
Flying High
Sky: Children of the Light soars past 35 million downloads
Following its launch in China
Soaring Together
Thatgamecompany raises over $1 million for COVID-19 relief efforts
"We are so overwhelmed by the generosity of Sky's global community"
Flying High
Sky: Children of the Light flies past 20 million downloads
Just before its first anniversary
Sky Soaring
Indie Spotlight: How thatgamecompany transitioned from console to mobile with Sky: Children of Light
"We wanted to make the essence of Journey accessible to a broader audience"
Make The Switch
Dodge Roll Games and thatgamecompany bringing mobile titles to Switch in 2020
Exit the Gungeon and Sky: Children of the Light making the leap
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Niantic head of developer relations Kellee Santiago on empowering others to make unique games
"I know how to empower developers to make games no one has seen before"
Events
Supercell, Google, Thatgamecompany and CCP take to G-STAR 2019 stage
Show held between November 14th and 15th in Korea's Busan
Flying High
Thatgamecompany’s Sky soars past one million downloads
Title estimated to have generated $175,000
GDC 2014: Game Developers Choice Awards Nominations are now open
Honouring the best and the brightest