What a U.S. ban on Tencent may mean for the online game industry
The U.S.-China trade war has taken another turn after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will put an end to WeChat...
Trump bans U.S. transactions with TikTok and WeChat starting September 20
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent,...
16 predictions for the Chinese and Southeast Asian games industry in 2018
In celebration of 16 years of delivering market intelligence on the Chinese and Greater Southeast Asian digital games industry, we’ve put together 16 predictions...
Samsung and Tencent in race to become Asia’s most valuable firm
(Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Samsung Electronics are racing to be crowned Asia’s most valuable company as expectations for robust earnings growth push their...
QuizUp morphs into WeQuiz to take on the mammoth Chinese market
China's most popular game is a localized version of QuizUp, the popular 1-on-1 trivia app from the West.
How Facebook aims to keep game developers on its platforms (interview)
Facebook makes moves that will draw the attention of game developers.
Tencent revenues grew 24 percent in Q4, lowest pace in seven years
Tencent Holdings reported earnings today that included revenue figures that seemed to indicate the Chinese social networking and video game giant’s meteoric growth was slowing. In...
Has game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble speculation?
Five global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business -- and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady environment.
The DeanBeat: What Facebook’s $16B acquisition of WhatsApp says about the rise of Asian games
Will games prove to be the decisive source of monetization on mobile messaging networks?
Jens Begemann on Wooga’s plan to create million-dollar mobile blockbusters (interview)
Social-game developer Wooga found success on mobile with Jelly Splash, a color-tile matching game with more than 10 million downloads in eight weeks on iOS.