Clash Royale event brings together the best North American players for The Crown Duel
Hundreds of thousands of players have competed in the latest tournament for Supercell’s Clash Royale strategy battler, and now the final eight will go...
Paradox hooks up with Tencent to take Cities: Skylines and Stellaris to China
China is a huge market for gaming, but it’s tough to succeed in that country without help from domestic publishers. And help has arrived...
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction
TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...
NetEase usurps Tencent as the top-grossing mobile publisher in the world
China is the biggest market in the world for mobile gaming, and so it’s not a surprise that the two biggest companies that are...
The top 25 public game companies grew first-half revenue 22 percent to $34.5 billion
The top 25 public companies in the game business saw revenue increase 22 percent to $34.5 billion in the first half of 2016, according...
Supercell buys 51% of Badland game developer Frogmind for $7.8 million
Supercell has acquired a 51 percent stake in fellow Finnish mobile game developer Frogmind, the creator of the Badland series of mobile games. Supercell...
Niko: China’s mobile game market will hit $8.3 billion in 2017
China implemented tough new regulations this summer for mobile games, but that isn’t expected to dramatically slow the market. Market researcher Niko Partners predicts...
Samsung and Tencent in race to become Asia’s most valuable firm
(Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Samsung Electronics are racing to be crowned Asia’s most valuable company as expectations for robust earnings growth push their...
Glu Mobile launches Tencent’s WeFire shooter as Rival Fire in the West
Last year, China’s Tencent invested $126 million for a 15 percent stake in Glu Mobile. The companies began collaborating, and one of the fruits...
45% of top-100 Android-game revenues in China belong to Tencent
The company that owns League of Legends and has a minority stake in Unreal Engine also owns an enormous chunk of the Chinese Android...