Financials
China's #1 mobile game publisher Tencent generated $487 million in FY14 Q2
Now focusing on 'game portfolio expansion'
Staff
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About A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
Articles by Jon Jordan
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Walter Driver
Scopely CEO on empowering developers and players
Sponsored Feature
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Get $500 advertising credit, beta access to products and extra goodies
Financials
With FY14 sales down 27% to $1.2 billion, GREE pivots, switching 700 staff to native games
Too much, too late?
Video
Hannu Partanen on legal stuff that matters for games companies
Fondia lawyer gives basic advice
Interview
80% of Chinese devs will close in 12 months that's why we're 100% international, say Sphinx
Structural pressures in the world's fastest-growing market
Deal
King expands to core gaming with $32 million acquisition of Nonstop Games
Plus $68 million available dependent on performance
Financials
With FY14 Q2 revenue up 30% to $594 million, King announces $150 million dividend
Quarter-on-quarter revenue drops 2% however
Dead Trigger dev Madfinger get all crafty with its Monzo virtual model kits
Bringing mechanical 3D models to life
Chart Of The Week
How historic success and games-as-a-service expertise is keeping DeNA profitable
Rage of Bahamut etc still doing great business
Deal
Flaregames signs F2P strategy title from ex-Empires & Allies start-up Superweapon
Ex-Zynga team going all mecha
Jobs
Crobo goes west, opening San Francisco office
Hires Nextpoint's Michael Duning to head sales drive
Financials
Castle Clash's continued success drives IGG's FY14 Q2 sales up 8% to $48 million
Single game accounts for 65% of total revenues
Mobile Mavens
Blue-sky thinking: What's the future of mobile games?
Time for our Mavens to tell us what's next
88% of Tencent published games have been #1 on Chinese App Store
Power of a platform with 600 million players
Tools
GameMaker: Studio beefs up support for Microsoft hardware, adding Xbox One
More cross-platform than ever
Data
Who knows what? Estimates of the size of Chinese mobile game market differ by $1 billion
How fast is that rocket going?
Investment
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Distribution meets global gaming
In the light of Yahoo-Flurry deal, Fiksu struts $100 million in annual sales
UA market is hotting up for M&A
Video
Jussi Kasurinen on the synergies between universities and game start-ups
Supply and demand
Financials
Another three months of pain as Zynga sees FY14 Q2 revenues down 34% to $153 million
Signs NFL, Tiger Woods and Looney Tunes licences
Deal
Nexon signs again; grabs rights to ex-Phenomic devs first mobile strategy title
Envision Entertainment is up and running
Chinese mobile market was $2 billion in H1 2014, but 92% of games are loss-making
Sector is now 25% of overall games market
Financials
With FY14 Q2 sales up 104% to $41.5 million, Com2uS' market cap is now over $1 billion
Summoners War and Ace Fishing ruling the app stores
Financials
Strong Korean market boosts Gamevil 61% to a record $32 million quarter
And more is expected with another 14 titles due in H2 2014
Jobs
Analytics platform Localytics 'aggressively hiring' on the back of threefold revenue growth
Boston outfit booming
Financials
Despite ongoing business reset, Square Enix sees game sales up 103% to $373 million
Dragon Quest Monster Super Light strong in Japan
Investment
Android F2P specialist Kiwi raises $15 million
Northgate Capital-led round brings total funding to $21 million
Financials
DeNA's platform approach hits global competition with FY14 Q1 revenue down 37% to $278 million
International business drops 50%
Video
Ben Cousins on what's next for gaming hardware
Following the trends down
Financials
Namco Bandai posts FY15 Q1 game sales of $397 million
Financials
Mobile provides 'steady growth' as Konami sees FY15 Q2 game revenue up 2% to $201 million
Sales still heavily Japan-centric
Data
Chinese web and client game growth halts as mobile gears up
iResearch plots the changes
Investment
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
RTB outfit bids up
Creative Mobile accelerates through 200 million download mark on Google Play
Fast and furious
Data
Samsung's woes continue as Xiaomi is #1 OEM in China in Q2 2014
Local company beats out the Galaxy brand
Jobs
Epic puts a ring on Pitbull; rebranded as Epic Games UK and now expanding
Veteran James Golding return home to aid growth
Game Connection opens its award submissions
New categories available, submit by 29 August
Deal
Kabam partners with Undead Labs for original mobile RPG Moonrise
Demonstrating it doesn't rely on movie licences
Pocket Gamer rocks the Shanghai night at ChinaJoy 2014
Thanks to sponsors Chukong and Immersion
'I've got $100 million in the bank, but I'm still cautious about the future,' says LineKong CEO
Wang Feng on tempering ambition with pragmatism
Opinion
China 2014: 8 trends that are shaping the world's most dynamic mobile game market
From the eye of the storm
Financials
Sega Sammy sees FY15 Q1 game revenue rise 13% to $211 million
Looking to Chain Chronicle for future sparkle
Financials
Capcom sees FY15 Q1 mobile sales drop 26% to $14 million
Looking to Asia for future growth
Financials
Glu Mobile sees FY14 Q2 revenue up 68% to $40.9 million
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood's impact won't be fully revealed until Q3
Financials
GungHo hits 'peak' Puzzle & Dragons as FY14 Q2 sales drop 11% to $440 million
What's next?
New mobile virtual operator Snail Games disrupts Chinese market as it zero-rates game downloads
Also has a hardware play in the works
Deals
Chartboost makes China move with Chukong
US monetisation platform gains local backing
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Ji-Hoon Lee
CEO Cookie Run studio Devsisters snatching success from failure
Financials
Koei Tecmo sees FY15 Q1 online and mobile game sales up 18% to $16 million
Driving majority of company income