Quite Honorable
Tencent dangles extra Honor of Kings game time carrot to kids who get good grades
New in-game contracts will let children negotiate play time with their parents
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
The CEO of publishing giant Tencent is now the richest person in China
Tech mogul Ma Huateng also moved 23 places up the global rich list to 15th
Mobile Game Trends
China mobile game trends in H2 2017: Tencent and NetEase claim nine of top 10 mobile revenue generators
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds mobile games are killing it on the Chinese App Store
Battle royale games have been downloaded more than 150 million times on mobile
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy18
Ubisoft's China-only mobile game Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos generates over $120 million in revenues
Avoids specifics on the rest of its mobile endeavours
Switch And Beyond
Nintendo talks "critical" second year for its Switch and looking beyond a six-year lifecycle
Also discusses China, Super Mario movie, and Switch Online
Tencent Invests In Shanda
Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games
Size of stake still unknown
Netease Financials Q4 Fy17
Knives Out and Rules of Survival boost NetEase's 2017 revenues to $8.3 billion
Onymyoji declines, but a global launch and new MOBA should help
Love Produces Revenue
China-only dating sim Love and Producer generated $32 million in January 2018
From the developer of Love Nikki - Dress UP Queen
Chinese publisher Netease signs partnership with UK tech firm Improbable
Knives Out developer to use cloud-based platform SpatialOS for new games
Mobile Expansion
Hong Kong-listed publisher Ourgame splashes $66 million on trio of mobile acquisitions
Buys up companies in digital card and board game spaces
Iap Inspector
How does Onmyoji monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
More Minecraft
Minecraft cleared 144 million copies sold and 74 million MAUs in December 2017
Unclear how many sales come from mobile
Superstars By The Fire
Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry
China, VR, AR, and the film industry all get talked about
Mobile Games Trends
Vietnam Snapshot: Southeast Asia’s fastest growing mobile games market
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Building A Relationship
Lego partners with Tencent on games and potential social network for kids in China
Lego-specific video zones, code-able toys, and much more
Mini-games For China
Ubisoft and Ketchapp eye China mobile market with Tencent deal
Partnership gives publishers access to 980 million monthly active users of Weixin app
Flipped
Tencent appears to copy Ketchapp's Bottle Flip for new WeChat mini-game
"Tiao yi tiao" looks a lot like Bottle Flip, and the WeChat team seem to know it
Go Mi
Oculus partners with Xiaomi to manufacture upcoming standalone VR headset Oculus Go
Xiaomi also creating its own near-identical headset for the China market
Going East
Niantic readies Pokemon Go for China launch
Possible partnership with Chinese publishing giant NetEase
Unity 2017.3 Update
Unity rolls out 2017.3 update with easier access to Xiaomi's China app store
Also improves various graphics and Cinemachine functions, while dropping support for Tizen
Tencent Rules All
Tencent generated 51.6% of China's online games revenue in China in Q3 2017
Beijing-based research firm iResearch digs into the numbers
Xiaomi Ipo
Report: Xiaomi exploring a potential IPO in Hong Kong with a $50 billion valuation
Could raise $5 billion to help its expansion in India
Skidstorm Sale
Finnish dev Immobile sells Early Access game SkidStorm to Cheetah Mobile after pirated version goes viral in China
Publishing deal turns into an offer too good to turn down
Two New Battlegrounds
Tencent reveals two new mobile games based on PC hit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
One traditional, one a little more action-focused
Mobile Hit In-waiting?
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to mobile through Tencent partnership
Set to launch in China first
Xiaomi India Investment
Xiaomi plans to invest $1 billion in 100 Indian developers over the next five years
CEO Lei Jun outlines the company's plans for the future
Tencent Market Cap
Tencent becomes first company in China to break $500 billion market cap
Bigger than Alibaba, Baidu, EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft combined
Tappx In China
Tappx strengthens operations in mainland China with new office in Beijing
Bob Wang heads up the new office
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Launch In China
How to launch mobile games in China
Tappx China Country Manager Bob Wang talks us through it
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Round Of Applause
Tencent takes China by storm with mobile browser game that has players applauding Chinese president
It's been played 1.2 billion times already
Big Indie Awards 2017
Last chance to enter The Big Indie Awards 2017 in association with indieSky
We're celebrating the best of the last 12 months of the Big Indie Pitch live in Shenzhen, China this November, and you can be a part of it!
Honor Of Kings
Chinese woman allegedly loses sight in one eye after marathon Honor of Kings session
Doctors still trying to save vision
Crusaders Of Rpgs
NetEase designer Stan Wang on crafting mobile MMORPGs for the West
Stan Wang discusses how the genre is evolving
New Arenas
How is Tencent's massive hit Honor of Kings performing outside of China?
Out now in Europe and Southeast Asia, but how's it grossing?
Featured Features
Top 5 features games developers should consider to crack the Chinese mobile market
GameRefinery’s tool identifies the most popular gameplay mechanics
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Honour Of Kids
New parents name their child Honour of Kings after Tencent's hugely popular mobile MOBA
At least they didn't call the kid Strike of Kings
Big Indie Award
The makers of Pocket Gamer launch The Big Indie Awards 2017 in association with IndieSky
A massive celebration of indie talent kicks off with cash prizes and a ceremony in Shenzhen, China
Screen This
Baidu's Android screen recording app DU Recorder surpasses 10 million downloads in under a year
Adding in livestreaming to thank its users
Tencent Financials Q2 Fy17
Tencent revenues grow to $8.56 billion as mobile games sales beat PC for the first time
Honor of Kings by far the biggest driver of revenue
East Meets West
There's been a radical market shift for foreign games in China
Pascal Clarysse on why Western publishers now need Chinese distributors more than China needs them
Mobile Game Trends
China mobile game trends in H1 2017: Tencent and NetEase dominate iOS charts
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Netease Financials Q2 Fy17
NetEase clears $2 billion in revenues as Onmyoji gets off to a strong start in South Korea
Already a top ten grossing game in the region