Apple removes Plague Inc. from Chinese app store for ‘illegal’ content
Apple has removed the virus-spreading simulator Plague Inc. from its Chinese App Store at the request of that country’s government. Developer Ndemic Creations notified...
Newzoo: Global esports will top $1 billion in 2020, with China as the top market
Global esports revenues will surpass $1 billion in 2020 for the first time — without counting broadcasting platform revenues, according to market researcher Newzoo....
China is approving more foreign games, but not so many American ones
China has always been a hard market to crack for non-Chinese game companies. But the regulatory approval of games imported into China has started...
Niko Partners: Nintendo Switch in China sells 50,000 consoles on launch day
Nintendo sold about 50,000 Switches in China on the console’s launch day in the country on December 10, according to market researcher Niko Partners....
Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300
(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan...
The DeanBeat: Gaming is still at the mercy of larger forces
The week was thick with gaming news, so some folks may not have noticed that Playtika, the Tel Aviv-based social casino games company, is...
Why have hyper-casual games replaced gacha in Japan?
In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake...
Bipartisan group condemns Blizzard and Apple for bowing to China
A group of Republican and Democratic party congress members have come together to condemn Hearthstone publisher Activision Blizzard for punishing a player that criticized...
Apple’s sinking in China — gaming could be its life preserver
The Apple Special Event on September 10 was a big newsmaker. We’d expect nothing less; Apple Arcade looks impressive, while the unusual triple-camera system...
Niko Partners: Asia cloud gaming to reach $3 billion and 60 million gamers by 2023
Cloud gaming platform and service revenue in Asia will grow from $270 million and three million consumers in 2019 to $3 billion and 60...