Tencent finally bringing Puzzle & Dragons to China
But is it too late?
Restructure
With the $4 billion Chinese mobile game market its big play for 2015, Kabam ditches web games
Sold off to RockYou
Chart Of The Week
Beating RPGs for retention, CCGs are ruling and saturating the Chinese mobile market
Trumping it
Joint Venture
Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile social platform KTplay as it builds out gaming network
Yodo1 spins out its Kryptanium tech
Jobs
ZQGame appoints Nancy Zheng as US CEO to drive international mobile game business
Strategic realignment
Deal
Adways China links with beBit to crack Chinese mobile advertising market
Knowledge is power
Deal
YeahMobi signs social media marketing deal with VKontakte
Russia's Facebook opens up for Chinese game developers
Shanda Games' NASDAQ buyout moves from the convoluted to the ridiculous
Control now split between acting CEO and textile company
Financials
Despite delays, KongZhong sees FY14 Q3 mobile game sales up 8% to $11 million
Gross profits up 19%
Google allows Chinese developers to sell their games in over 130 countries
Still can't sell in China though
Investment
Rumour: Alibaba to invest big in Com2uS
Making up for lost time
Investment
Rivals collaborate: Tencent and Alibaba both invest in film/TV outfit Huayi Brothers
Tencent gains IP for game development
Marketing outfit Crobo opens office in China
Ther journey east
Spacetime's MMOG Arcane Legends coming to China courtesy of Golden Gate Games
Will be culturalised for local tastes
Announcing its N1 tablet, Nokia looks to create an Android iPad for China and beyond
Includes news Nokia Z app launcher
Financials
Focusing on single player games, SkyMobi sees FY14 Q3 sales up 24% to $34 million
Counter-intuitive bet is playing off
MyGamez on why full localisation wasn't key to Hill Climb Racing's success in China
Test the water before investing heavily
Rovio launches Angry Birds Stella in China with Alibaba
And promotes it via Chinese Idols
Jobs
Changyou CEO steps down "for personal reasons"
Publisher will now be run by co-CEOs
Financials
Changyou sees FY14 Q3 VAS revenue up 52% to $7.4 million
Core PC online titles see slight decline
Hunger Hits China
OurPalm signs China publishing deal with Ubisoft over Hungry Shark Evolution
Ubisoft and OurPalm enter agreement
Smartphone wars: Samsung and Apple lead the way but Xiaomi, Lenovo and LG are catching up
Top two account for 36% of market
China joy: Tencent's daily app downloads pass 100 million
Jump 33 percent since July
MyGamez kicks off gaming for China Unicom's set-top boxes with Tunnel Ground
The Finnish connection
Data
Despite growth of 73%, iResearch claims the $4 billion Chinese mobile games market is 'maturing'
Estimates Q3 market value at $1.1 billion
Game Connection 2014
How to accelerate your success in the Chinese mobile market
TalkingData's Ibrahim Dai lends a helping hand
Curiouser and curiouser: Shanda CEO steps down with immediate effect
The saga continues
Deal
CMGE gains rights to make Hello Kitty games in China
License to print money?
Investment
Intel Capital puts $28 million into Chinese wearable tech startups
First input from $100 million China Smart Device Innovation Fund
Financials
KongZhong announces special dividend worth $40 million
Buttering up the shareholders
Investment
OurPalm invests $30 million into loss-making subsidiary FingerFun
Moving money around
Alongside new wearables company, Lenovo reveals China-only Google Glass rival
Fits on your spectacles
Xiaomi ships 19 million smartphones during Q3 2014
Shipping out
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Qihoo 360 targets 30% share of Chinese mobile search within 2 years
Another way to win in app distribution
Video
How Hitcents defeated the pirates and built a business in China
Stuart Westphal's talk from PG Connects Helsinki
Chart Of The Week
Five crazy deals which have inflated the games M&A bubble during 2014
Show me the profits
Video
SkyMobi on targeting the bulk of Chinese mobile gamers who live in third tier cities
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Video
Chinese mobile gamers want pay-to-win says localisation expert
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Financials
Shanda to award 8 key staff golden handcuffs worth at least $13 million
Please stay
Financials
Shanda sees Q2 FY14 mobile game sales up 31% to $14 million
Chain Chronicle gives a boost
Video
DeNA on why western best practices don't work in Asia
Kenji Kobayashi on acting local
Rumours
Ovum suggests Alibaba could make a $1.5+ billion move for Tango
What to do with its IPO warchest
Financials
With H1 2014 sales up 71% to $21 million, Feiyu Technology announces Hong Kong IPO plans
Xiamen Haloer+Cairot=IPO
SkyMobi looks to expand its instore reach to over 100,000 operator shops in China
Enabling more pre-installations of the Maopao app store
Deal
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Animoca will continue to operate young teen franchise
Deal
SkyMobi brings Battle Towers, Major Mayhem and Dungeon Quest to China
Small file size, big entertainment
Chinese publisher OurPalm says it's making a major investment into Unity
Part of a wider strategic reorg?
Deal
Halfbrick and iDreamsky bring a new version of Fruit Ninja to Tencent's mobile platform
Locked into QQ and WeChat users
Interview
Hoolai on why content is king in the saturated Chinese mobile game market
Although Tencent's help doesn't go amiss either