Categories Posted inin Business App Annie: Guns and advertising dollars led the mobile gaming charge in January Posted byby GamesBeat February 17, 2015 2 min Supercell's Boom Beach and Tencent's We Fire were January's big movers. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fates Forever mobile game maker Hammer & Chisel raises funding from Benchmark and Tencent Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 10, 2015 2 min Founder Jason Citron wants to use the money to reach a billion hardcore gamers on mobile devices. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Space Ape aims to become one of the big hairy brutes of mobile gaming (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 2, 2015 19 min Space Ape has a chance to be one of the big players in mobile games. Will its next game do the trick? Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Tencent grabs the digital rights to NBA basketball in China Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 30, 2015 2 min The deal enables Tencent to create NBA-themed games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty Online launches public open beta in China after years of development Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 12, 2015 2 min Activision and Tencent launch free-to-play game in a huge potential market. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony delays its PlayStation 4 launch in China Posted byby GamesBeat January 8, 2015 1 min Chinese gamers won't get their hands on the PlayStation 4 this weekend. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business ‘Captain America’ star hunks it up in Chinese Call of Duty: Online trailer Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 6, 2015 2 min Activision is working with megacorporation Tencent to bring Call of Duty to gamers in China, and now the two companies have enlisted the help of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars to promote the shooter. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Puzzle & Dragons developer leads a $15M investment round for mobile gameplay video startup Kamcord Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 11, 2014 2 min Kamcord's latest investment round also saw participation from Tencent, Wargaming, and Reddit executive chairman Alexis Ohanian. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tencent agrees to publish Orcs Must Die Unchained MOBA in China Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 26, 2014 3 min Tencent will help Robot's latest release find an audience in the East. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tencent and Line invest $110M in South Korean game developer Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 13, 2014 1 min 4:33 Creative Lab gets big infusion from consortium. Continue Reading 1 min