On The Up
NetEase posts 63% revenue surge in Q2 to $780 million
Fantasy Westward Journey and Blizzard licences lead
Can't Beat The Original
Tencent pulls its version of hit game Tower of Saviors as players reject harder monetisation
Mad Head's original version remains popular
Myriad Devices
How Testbird worked with DeNA to prime One Piece for Chinese success
Fixing critical bug
Core Move
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Big bet
Istanbul-built, China-bound
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Will its healthy US grossing translate Eastward?
Global Strategy
Youzu appoints former Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei as its 'one-man think tank'
Added brains
Different Strokes
Chinese version of Angry Birds Epic will be more core, more pay-to-win
Chimera's Ellen Lyse Einarsen talks cultural differences
Egg-selent
Angry Birds 2 blasts 20 million downloads in first week
Rovio's on a roll
Opium For The People
Godus heads to China thanks to LongTu publishing deal
God games go east
Fire The Engines
Chukong unveils major Cocos engine upgrade including SDKBOX platform
Cocos v3.7 comes with a cluster of new tricks
Out & About
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Creative Control
NetEase's Success Fund offers up to $500,000 for indie mobile games
Promises an alternative to traditional publishing model
Middle Kingdom Data
New Chinese report claims its Android gaming market will be worth $3.6 billion in 2015
Newzoo and TalkingData launch monthly report
Pulling The Plug
KongZhong is latest Chinese NASDAQ-floated company to consider going private
Trend gathers pace
Cash Cat
Garfield game maker Animoca Brands palms $2.3 million OurPalm investment
Latest deal in a flurry of investments
Going Global
Winning in China, now it's time for NetEase to succeed in the west
It's a westward journey
Everything, Everywhere
Double-edged but brands are crucial to crack the competitive mobile gaming market says Animoca's Chow
What to expect at PGC San Francisco 2015
Expand On All Fronts
Innospark raises $6.5 million to expand into China with cross-platform midcore games
Keytone Ventures leads the round
Native Results
How YeahMobi's Mobile Native Ads Platform helped more than double Emoji Keyboard's revenue
More revenue, better product
Middle Kingdom Expansion
When Chinese mobile gaming market growth isn't happening in China
Confusion from iResearch
Balancing Acts
How Directive Games hopes to shake up core mobile gaming and its backend tech
Ambitious Chinese-Icelandic outfit has big plans
Co-op Mode
Starbreeze invests $1.4 million in Cmune to bring FPS Payday to mobile
Reloading for another run
Bigger In China
NetEase's Fantasy Westward Journey reaches #4 in App Annie's worldwide iOS revenue chart
Scorching rise of Asian giant's mobile MMORPG
Indie Advice
China is already a top country for The Sandbox downloads, says Pixowl's Sebastien Borget
What to expect at PGC San Francisco 2015
Storming China
NetEase to publish Zen Studio's CastleStorm in China
Chinese rights negotiated
Local Knowledge
Ourpalm releasing Android version of Animoca Brands' Doraemon Gadget Rush in China
More channels
Western Promise
Chinese dev Seasun Entertainment opens US office
San Mateo's the place to be
Unconsole To Mobile
NetEase secure Chinese mobile publishing rights for nWay's ChronoBlade
Action RPG eyes up the Asian market
Big Shifts
Chart stasis, the rise of Asia and extreme UA discussed at Apps World SF 2015
Kabam, SGN and Microsoft talk trends
More Than Bollywood And Cricket?
Is India the next China of mobile games?
Our Indian Mavens compare and contrast
Deep Wallet
Tencent invests again, injecting $60 million into Pocket Gems
Rumoured to have taken a 20% stake
Coming Up Trumps
When it comes to Hearthstone's Asian success, Japan is the outlier
Phone version has provided another boost
Bigger & Better
How ChinaJoy 2015 will reflect the growing size and sophistication of the Chinese gaming market
Looking forward to Chinajoy 2015
Easy For Fun
How ChinaJoy's status as the world largest game show mirrors the rise of the Chinese market
Ten years of plenty
Qualified Success
Dungeon Hunter 5 launch underlines Gameloft's relative F2P success
How good is best?
Console Boom
Microsoft and Sony return to ACH expo as Chinese console market emerges
China is a new market for the console kings
Better & Better
Glu Mobile gains $126 million Tencent investment and signs up Britney Spears
Success breeds success
Tag Team
Longtu is publishing Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions in China
The final frontier
Sonic Boom
iPhone and iPad boom in China as Apple pays out $2.5 billion to its developers
China earns Apple $16.8 billion
Making The Switch
Changyou selling Wartune dev 7Road as it focuses on mobile future
Announced in FY15 Q1 financials
Rising Tide
$7.7 billion Chinese mobile game market to overtake US in 2016
Newzoo calls the changes
Top Dragon
Newzoo and TalkingData combine brains to track Chinese games market
New report available
Rim Of Fire
Centre of gravity swings east as APAC game market rises to $43 billion in 2015
China to overtake US as #1
Good Start
New Legend of the Sword 3D rakes in $1.6 million on first day
CMGE's RPG reveals launch figures
Westward Ho!
Fantasy Westward Journey testifies to the strength of China's leading game company
NetEase makes its case
Opening Up China
LoopMe to bring native video ads to Baidu, Cheetah Mobile and Sungy Mobile
Adding inventory
Charting Success
Snail Games expands its mobile game distribution with Taichi Panda
Year of the panda
Going Global
How YeahMobi is helping Chinese indie developers to monetize and expand internationally
Mixing revenue generation with cost effective UA
Crash Dummy
In China, the other engines are still playing catch up with Cocos2d, says Chukong
“Other game engines are still playing catch up with Cocos in China," says Chukong exec.
All Over Now
Shanda Games' convoluted NASDAQ buyout to finally close later in 2015
$1.9 billion cash deal accepted