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iDreamSky creates a big mobile game publishing platform in China

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Jeff Lyndon is the cofounder and executive vice president of iDreamSky, the largest mobile games publishing platform in China. Market researcher Newzoo expects China to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest games market by 2016 with $25 billion in revenue, according to market researcher Newzoo.

But navigating the Chinese mobile game market, with dozens of Android app stores and other distribution channels, isn’t easy. Lyndon’s Shenzhen-based company specializes in taking successful mobile games and publishing them in the Chinese market, after localizing them for traditions and tastes. It has a portfolio of more than 80 games today. It has formed alliances with companies such as Tencent, Baidu, and Beintoo.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.