Chinese Mobile Game-makers Made Over $600 M in the US in First Half of 2018

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Chinese game apps are spreading abroad like wildfire and the US has become one of their top markets. From the first half of 2017 to the first half of this year, Chinese game makers raised their profits by 52% in the US earning more than $600 million. Read More

The Secret To WeChat Mini-games’ Success

 /  Game  / 
In recent months, the world’s media has lit up in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the App Store. But did anyone stop to notice another app with a 1 billion-plus user base, WeChat, celebrating a milestone of its own, for its arguably less flashy applet store? Read More

Chinese Game Developers Come Together at Game Jam China

 /  Game  / 
Game Jam China is an intense game design and development event where participants are supposed to produce a game or prototype in 48 hours with other participants they choose to form teams with. Read More

China’s Indie Game Makers Guard Their Independence in a Greedy Industry

 /  Game  / 
The indie game industry has had its roots in China for over 2 decades. An indie game refers to a game developed without a publisher, usually focusing on innovation and digital publication. Read More

Jinri Toutiao is Going into Games Distribution

 /  Game  / 
Jinri Toutiao, an information platform app of ByteDance, announced on June 14 that it has launched a new service “Jinri Games (今日游戏)”. The service is currently only available for Android users. Read More

Valve to Launch Steam in China

 /  Game  / 
Chinese game company Perfect World has partnered with Valve to launch a localized version of Steam. The partnership aims to provide Chinese gamers and developers with a new channel to access games and other entertainment products on Steam’s distribution platform. Read More

Tencent, J.J. Abrams in Gaming Partnership

 /  Game  / 
Bad Robot, the media vehicle of Hollywood producer, director and writer J.J. Abrams, said it has entered a strategic partnership with Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. to create games spanning mobile, PC and console formats. Read More

How Gaming Companies are Coping with Soured Sino-Korean Ties

 /  Game  / 
CFI's content partner TechNode talked with Chinese and South Korean gaming companies at Playx4, a South Korean game expo to see what insiders have to say about the changing dynamics of the Sino-Korean gaming industry. Read More

China Online Gaming: Trademark and Copyright and Patent Protections

 /  Game  / 
China presents a wealth of opportunities for foreign gaming companies, but (and this is true of pretty much every IP-laden industry), it also presents substantial risks. Read More

Alibaba Props up Its Gaming Unit by Acquiring Rights to Travel Frog

 /  Game  / 
Alibaba is serious about challenging Tencent and NetEase in the gaming arena and Travel Frog is another step in that direction. Read More

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