15,000 games removed from Apple’s App Store in China ahead of registration deadline
Unlicensed mobile games are dropping like flies from the Apple App Store as China’s deadline for registration approaches on Friday. At the request of...
Niko Partners: China is finally embracing consoles
China’s console and TV games market is expected to grow from $997 million in 2019 to $2.15 billion in revenue by 2024, according to...
Niko Partners: China games expected to top $46 billion in 2024
PC and mobile games revenue in China hit $33.1 billion in 2019, and it is expected to grow to $46.7 billion by 2024, according...
Niko Partners: How the pandemic affected games in China
Market researcher Niko Partners studied the effects of the pandemic in China in the first quarter, and it found both negative and positive effects...
COVID-19 could accelerate the ‘maturity of Chinese players’ in the free-to-play market
The free-to-play market is gigantic worldwide, including the hundreds of millions of players within China. Nielsen’s SuperData Research Group found that free-to-play games revenue...
Game companies planning for up to 1TB-per-second bandwidth on ocean cables
It’s not news that esports is a global phenomenon. With its roots in StarCraft and PC bangs in South Korea and shooters and LAN...
GamesBeat Summit Digital: China’s game market is still strong but unpredictable
This year GamesBeat Summit Digital is going to be digital online-only. And it’s time to introduce our next panel and our great lineup of speakers:...
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...
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: Southeast Asia’s $5 billion game market expected to grow to $8.3 billion in 2023
PC and mobile game revenues for Southeast Asia and Taiwan (greater Southeast Asia) are expected to grow from $5 billion in 2019 to more...