Tencent is rebranding its PC digital game store as WeGame (updated)
Tencent is making some changes to its PC game store. According to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, the Chinese game company is planning to rebrand its Tencent...
Tencent leads the top 25 public game companies with $10.2 billion in revenues
Tencent once again led the list of the top 25 public companies by game revenue. The Chinese company’s game-related sales rose 17 percent to...
Clash Royale, Clash of Clans push Supercell to $2.3 billion in 2016 revenue
Supercell, the maker of hit mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, said that sales growth was flat $2.3 billion in 2016. That’s flat...
Where in the world are the game jobs?
Figuring out how many game jobs there are in the world is a laudable goal. But it’s easier said that done. I embarked on...
Mobile games lose their luster faster than ever
The recent launch of Super Mario Run by Nintendo set a new record, with over 40 million downloads during its first four days on...
2016 saw $30.3 billion in gaming mergers, acquisitions, and investments
2016 saw plenty of money moving around in the game industry. Tech mergers and acquisitions adviser Digi-Capital released its Games Report 2017, which revealed that $30.3...
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...