Categories Posted inin Business Animoca Brands signs deal with Tencent to distribute a mobile game in Asia Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 22, 2015 1 min Animoca Brands has signed a deal with Asian gaming giant Tencent to distribute the Armies of Dragons tower defense game in Asia on the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tencent reportedly in talks with Sequoia-backed game streaming service Douyu TV Posted byby GamesBeat September 17, 2015 2 min The video and game streaming space in China is starting to attract a fair bit of attention of late. Earlier this month, we reported... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Western developers may bag just a 20% revenue share in China — and it may be worth it Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 12, 2015 4 min Western developers publishing mobile games in China may wind up with revenue shares that could be as low as 20 percent — or even... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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