Mobile’s rise brings games industry together in Shanghai
As the games publishing industry faces significant new challenges worldwide with the rise of mobile games, Chinese and overseas business leaders will gather next week in Shanghai to map out strategies...
Tencent launches LinkLink in China, looks to develop WeChat as gaming platform
Following the success of Japan's Line and Korea's KakaoTalk in turning chat apps into mobile game platforms, Tencent has rolled out the social game LinkLink on Weixin (the Chinese WeChat).
Tencent...
Chinese mobile publisher Yodo1 gets US$5M from SingTel
Led by Singapore's SingTel, the Chinese smartphone game publisher Yodo1 has acquired US$5 million in Series A funding to meet demand from Western game studios looking to enter China's 300 million+...
Over 20M users in one year says Japan’s Cygames
Japanese game developer Cygames has announced that its social games portfolio has grown to over 20 million registered users since the company's launch in May 2011.
Cygames most popular title is the...
Korean messaging leader KAKAO moves on mobile games
KAKAO Talk leads the mobile messaging market in Korea and has recently expanded into games and social commerce. KAKAO started its game service last year, with over US$37 million in revenues...