China’s Giant leads consortium to buy Playtika for $4.4 billion
A consortium of Chinese companies led by Giant has agreed to pay $4.4 billion for Playtika, the social casino game company in Herzliya, Israel,...
China surpasses the U.S. in iOS game revenue for the first time
In the second quarter, China hit a new milestone as it surpassed the U.S. to become the No. 1 country for iOS game revenue,...
Chinese mobile game revenues could double to $11.1B by 2019
China’s stock market has had a bad year, but the country’s game industry remains strong and on track to grow dramatically over time. That’s...
Take-Two cans Borderlands Online — 150 people lose jobs as 2K China studio closes
Take-Two Interactive has shut down a 150-person game studio in China and stopped development on Borderlands Online, which would have been a free-to-play online...
GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to crack the Asian markets
China is becoming an essential market for game companies, as it has become the world’s largest gaming market. South Korea, Japan, and the rest...
Western developers may bag just a 20% revenue share in China — and it may be worth it
Western developers publishing mobile games in China may wind up with revenue shares that could be as low as 20 percent — or even...
China to allow game console sales across whole country, report says
The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese authorities will widen the distribution of game console sales.
DDM’s Jeff Hilbert shows how to take Western mobile games over the Great Wall
The longtime gaming agent will addressed DICE Europe to explain how to do business in China.
Call of Duty Online launches public open beta in China after years of development
Activision and Tencent launch free-to-play game in a huge potential market.
China’s KongZhong invests $16M in Forgame Holdings
KongZhong will wind up owning 7 percent of cloud-based web and mobile game creator Forgame.