China’s game console problem and where the real opportunity is Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 7, 2015 7 min SHANGHAI — Xaiofeng Zeng is one of the veteran analysts who studies the Chinese gaming market. And he lives in Shanghai. Zeng works as... Continue Reading 7 min
China flexes its muscle in gaming as 272,900 people flock to ChinaJoy Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2015 5 min SHANGHAI — China has become the world’s largest game market, and it has a trade show to match that fact. ChinaJoy drew more than... Continue Reading 5 min
Tencent-, Line-backed studio is bringing a top-5 ranked role-playing game from South Korea to the West Posted byby Jason Wilson August 5, 2015 1 min Another game is coming from South Korea to the West with the backing of one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. 4:33... Continue Reading 1 min
Wozlla raises $2M to expand its HTML5 games beyond China Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 7, 2015 2 min The company has a hit game that debuted on Tencent's QQ platform. Continue Reading 2 min
Nexon CEO’s progress report on westward migration — and the dirty secret on game quality Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2015 15 min Owen Mahoney, head of Asian online gaming giant Nexon, is determined to succeed in the West and break into mobile gaming. Continue Reading 15 min
To succeed in China, game developers must consider monetization first Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 19, 2015 8 min Jeff Lyndon of iDreamSky tells how Western and Chinese game developers differ. Continue Reading 8 min
Tencent widens its position as the world’s largest game company Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 14, 2015 2 min Online and mobile game revenue continue to grow at a fast pace. Continue Reading 2 min
Mobile studio Pocket Gems gets a minority investment from Tencent to move into China Posted byby GamesBeat May 13, 2015 2 min Tencent to benefit from Pocket Gems' Western roots. Continue Reading 2 min
Android games will make more money than iOS games by 2018 thanks to China Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 4, 2015 2 min But even as Android surges past iOS, Google won't fully benefit from that. Continue Reading 2 min
The Kardashian effect: Tencent pays $126M for 15% of Glu Mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 29, 2015 1 min Chinese giant buys a stake in the game publisher that made Kim Kardashian: Hollywood mobile game. Continue Reading 1 min