Jobs
Rumour: Changyou cuts 100 jobs at 17173.com
Looking to reduce staff costs
Jobs
SkyMobi poaches Glu Mobile China's GM to run its game operations
Gio Zhang to expand international sourcing and M&A efforts
Financials
Privatisation of Shanda Games takes another turn as a member resigns its special committee
Another twist in the tale
Financials
Leaked email reports Chukong's August 2014 sales up 130% to $28.5 million
Good news can't wait
Deals
M&A the Chinese way: 5 surprising acquisitions of game companies
Reading between the lines
Deals
Consortium swap: 3 new investors including a textiles company step up to take Shanda Games private
Stranger and stranger
Deal
Hoolai tests the hardcore appetite of WeChat players with War of Immortals
Successful web game goes mobile
Chinese Beaujolais
China to get Ouya games and CMGE looks to rollout out free wifi
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Financials
Despite having $100 million in the bank, LineKong files for Hong Kong IPO
The rich get richer
Financials
KongZhong's mobile sales boom in FY14 Q2 up 30% to $10.5 million
Has another 5 titles ready to go
Deal
Qihoo 360 signs up Goodgames' Empire: Four Kingdom for China release
First deal of its kind
Financials
Renren sees FY14 Q2 game revenue slide 27% to $15 million
Mind the gap
Deal
Peak Candy Crush delayed as Tencent releases King's top grosser in China
A whole new kingdom opens up
Opinion
China: An opportunity or a threat for indie Korean mobile game developers?
The News Gangnam Style
Opinion
7 reasons why the Chinese mobile games market is a constipated mess for indies
Innovation can not get out
Investment
The wild wild east: Chinese construction company spends $960 million on Family Farm publisher DianDian
FunPlus reboots for more adventures
Financials
Perfect World sees FY14 Q2 sales up 4% to $150 million
DOTA 2 does the business in China
Financials
With 21 games in development, CMGE sees FY14 Q2 sales up 28% to $44 million
All systems go
Financials
Single player casual games drive SkyMobi's FY14 Q2 sales up 32% to $27 million
Net profit up 1,270%
Financials
China's #1 mobile game publisher Tencent generated $487 million in FY14 Q2
Now focusing on 'game portfolio expansion'
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
88% of Tencent published games have been #1 on Chinese App Store
Power of a platform with 600 million players
Data
Who knows what? Estimates of the size of Chinese mobile game market differ by $1 billion
How fast is that rocket going?
Chinese Beaujolais
Fishing Joy 3 cast its net, Changyou buys Dolphin Browser and WuShen sold in a smashing deal
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Chinese mobile market was $2 billion in H1 2014, but 92% of games are loss-making
Sector is now 25% of overall games market
Data
Chinese web and client game growth halts as mobile gears up
iResearch plots the changes
Data
Samsung's woes continue as Xiaomi is #1 OEM in China in Q2 2014
Local company beats out the Galaxy brand
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
Deal
China in its hands: Kabam signs $120 million publishing deal with Alibaba
Online giant to launch Kabam games in China
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
Financials
Changyou sees FY14 Q2 game revenues down 6% to $154 million
DDTank and Wartune maturing
Investment
Supersonic raises $15 million to open offices in China, India and Japan and boost headcount to 250
APAC region is the place for growth
Deal
Changyou buys 51% stake in Dolphin Browser outfit MoboTap for $91 million
Buying distribution and eyeballs
Interview
Chinese outfit KoramGame on coming to the west with build-and-conquer tank game Steel Avengers
Leveraging experiences from browser MMOGs
Opinion
How to make your game a success in China
i-Free Asia talks challenges and opportunities
Data
Why Apple's strongest competitor in China isn't Samsung, it's Xiaomi
Flurry digs into its data to highlight the key trends
The Charticle
Supercell signs deal with Kunlun Wanwei for Android version of Boom Beach
Also include Clash of Clan and Hay Day
Pocket Gamer hits ChinaJoy 2014 expo with latest Mobile Mixer
Get ready to raise the roof in Shanghai on 31 July
Deal
AppFlood adds Bidstalk to its China-focused RBT ad exchange
Bidstalk gains China, AppFlood gains global inventory
Data
Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Temple Run 2 hottest western games in China
Wandoujia reveals its top foreign games for first 6 months
Sponsored Feature
How GMGC battles your Chinese copycatters
The power of WeChat diplomacy
SkyMobi and MIHOYO's The End of School II hits $1.6 million in first month
Paid iOS ACG is a success
Baidu rumoured to be launching a smart TV gaming platform
Taking it widescreen
Following bribery allegations, CMGE's shares drop 23%
Nine executives suspended
Deals
SkyMobi realises $9 million gain on sale of Fangcun shares
Alpha Animation buys into mobile games
Financials
Shanda Games sees Q1 FY14 mobile revenue slide 38% to $10.8 million
Waiting for the release of Chain Chronicle and Brave World
Sponsored Feature
Frontline Commando 2 marches into China with Chukong
Shooter sequel aiming for success