China thaws game-license freeze with 80 new approvals
China is finally permitting new games to begin earning revenue there for the first time since March. The country issued 80 licenses to primarily...
Discord raises $150 million as it starts establishing its PC game store
One of the biggest platforms in gaming has put some more cash in its pockets. Discord has raised $150 million in its latest round...
U.S. Switch owners power Arena of Valor past 1 million downloads
Free-to-play games are finding a curious and willing audience on Nintendo’s latest platform. Switch owners have downloaded Tencent’s Arena of Valor more than 1...
101XP announces Era of Legends, an online role-playing mobile game
Russian developer 101XP on Era of Legends (MT4 in China), the fourth part of its free-to-play online mobile role-playing series that it claims makes $2...
China’s newly formed committee begins evaluating games
China is one step closer to approving commercial licenses for new games. The country’s state media revealed the formation of the Online Games Ethics...
Chinese censorship affects games everywhere — and it’s getting bigger
Politics, censorship, territory disputes, and gaming? These aren’t usually found in the same arenas. Gaming has become a $130 billion dollar market with political...
Tencent has access to China’s national citizen database
The Chinese government doesn’t want children playing games for several hours every day. It said as much in a public notice from August. Now,...
Record $25 billion in deals may be game industry’s Everest
This year’s record $25 billion in game industry deals in over just 9 months could mean we’ve hit the peak of the market, as...
PUBG Mobile hits $100 million slower than Fortnite because of China
PUBG Mobile is no Fortnite, but nothing really is. Still, Tencent’s smartphone adaptation of the popular battle royale has surpassed more than $100 million...
PUBG Mobile Star Challenge esports event will give out $600,000
Tencent and PUBG Corp. announced details today for a tournament for the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Star Challenge will be a global event featuring...