Chinese Regulations
Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules
The Yodo1 team discusses the latest changes and offers help on figuring out your best strategy for legal monetisation in the country
Rapid Growth
China mobile games revenue to surpass $25 billion by 2023
95 per cent of gamers in China are playing mobile titles; 40 per cent spend money
East Meets West
East Meets West: DOCOMO invests $280m in Magic Leap, the Middle East's growing games market, and Let's Hunt Monsters a top grosser in China
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
New Office
Dutch 3D tracking tech developer Xsens opens new office in Shanghai
"The Shanghai office will support the further growth of Xsens in China, which reflects the rapid growth of Xsens worldwide”
Banned
Google is wiping a Chinese developer with half a billion installs off the face of the Play store
DO Global has been accused of committing widespread ad fraud
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clean Road cleans up in the UK in a strong week for SayGames
Charts from April 15th to 21st
Revenue
King of Avalon and Guns of Glory rake in over $1.3 billion in revenue for Funplus
Funplus wants both games to rake in a combined $1.5 billion by the year's end
Crunch
Chinese activists 996.ICU blast Tencent and NetEase for intense overtime policies
But some leaders have fired back, claiming workers who don't put in their 12-hours-a-day are unambitious
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Let’s Hunt Monsters storms China’s free downloads rankings
Charts from April 8th to 14th
China Regulations
China’s games regulator resumes new submission approvals as it continues through backlog
The State Administration of Press and Publication details the new regulatory landscape for games developers and publishers
Going Public
China's biggest live-streaming platform Douyu files for $500 million IPO in the US
The company is backed by Tencent and is considered China's answer to Twitch
China
Tencent extends its digital lock age cap to 16 in China
Under-16s will now require parental consent and be limited to two hours play a day
East Meets West
East Meets West: Tencent could be launch a gaming phone, and how China and South Korea are driving Eve online into the future
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Handheld
Report: Tencent may be set to launch its own gaming phone
Mobile gaming giant could create the perfect hardware for its overwhelmingly popular mobile games
Eastern Growth
Plug In Digital continues expansion by opening office in China
Publisher and distributor expands Eastward following $2.25m funding round
Develop Reboot
China and South Korea are driving Eve Online into the future
"I have Eve Echoes in my pocket. It is like an artefact from the future"
Blockchain Go
Tencent launches its own take on Pokemon Go and CryptoKitties in China
Said to be a hybrid of Pokemon Go and CryptoKitties, Tencent’s ‘Let’s Hunt Monsters’ makes use of an interesting blockchain ecosystem
Not Fortnite
NetEase renames FortCraft to BuildTopia as it bags one million pre-registrations
Battle royale copycat edges closer to launch
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser thanks to new Gold Pass
Charts from April 1st to 7th
East Meets West
Kabam partners with NetEase for Marvel Contest of Champions China launch, and Black Desert picks up $1 billion
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent continues its dominance as China’s top grosser but Perfect World drops to second
Charts from March 25th to March 31st
Bring Me Thanos
Kabam and NetEase partner for Chinese Android launch of Marvel Contest of Champions
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
East Meets West
East Meets West: Game of Thrones joins latest China game approvals, and Hatch partners with Samsung on 5G
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: PUBG Mobile hits top spot in the US Google Play grossing charts
Charts from March 18th to March 24th
Ads
Mobvista revenue from programmatic advertising grew 99 per cent in the wake of its IPO
Ad tech platform reports a 38.9 per cent annual increase in total revenue, hitting $435 million
Foreign Games Too
China’s games regulator approves nearly 100 new games including Game of Thrones and Angry Birds
Bringing the total for new games in 2019 up to 987
Eastern Stars
Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?
An analysis of the online multiplayer shooter's Western and Eastern performance
Better Together
Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder
Another twist
East Meets West
East Meets West: Perfect World off to a scorching start with $100m in 22 days, and pre-registrations kick off for Brawl Stars in China
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Power Of The Cloud
Tencent is readying to test another streaming platform Start in China
Appears to be separate to Intel Instant Play partnership
East To West
Webzen eyes America launch for MMORPG MU Origin 2 after success in Asia
From China to America
Perfect
Perfect World’s $100 million launch month dethrones Honor of Kings
Tencent's newest MMO has been raking in $4.5 million in player spending every day since launch
Mr. Worldwide
Pre-registrations open for Supercell’s Brawl Stars in China
No official release date given
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Perfect World dethrones Honor of Kings as China’s top grosser
Charts from March 11th to March 17th
East Meets West
East Meets West: Pocket Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong, and Tencent's games make $19bn
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Royale
Mobile was monumental in earning Tencent $19 billion in games revenue
Mobile success offset a decline in PC games revenue
Dead-ication
NetEase’s LifeAfter passes $125 million in revenue
97 per cent of revenue originated from China
Shoot
GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder
Disorder to go head-to-head with Tencent-partnered Call of Duty Mobile in China
Welcome Explorers
GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform
Mini Games program boasts 400 million monthly active users
Cloud Tech
GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China
The service will become accessible later this year.
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls
Charts from March 4th to March 10th
Rich As A King
Honor of Kings has made $4.5 billion since launch
295 million installs to date
Mobile Auto Chess
Hit PC mod DOTA Auto Chess is coming to mobile minus the DOTA
Mobile game will be called 'Auto Chess' and will drop DOTA 2 characters
China
Tencent starts the road to recovery after a rocky 2018 with a $40 billion boost in share value
The publisher’s share value has already grown 10 per cent in 2019 so far
Expansion
Animoca Brands agrees $8.9m deal to resell iClick advertising inventory
“This deal with Vigame is an important first step in our broader partnership with iClick”
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: MZ's Final Fantasy XV and IGG's Lords Mobile edge into the US top 10 grossing positions
Charts from February 25th to March 3rd
Asia Roundup
East Meets West: The battle to acquire Nexon heats up, and Nintendo is wary of looking greedy on mobile
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
East To East
How a China partnership turned Steppy Pants into a number one chart topper in Japan
Super Entertainment co-director Stephen Last discusses how a collaboration with Yodo1 produced significant returns
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Homescapes resurgent in the US top grossing rankings
Charts from February 18th to 24th
Locked Down
Tencent applies digital lock restriction for young Chinese players that requires parental consent to play games
Guardians need to unlock games for kids under the age of 12