Chinese Consumers Move Online Game Spending From Internet Cafes to Home & Mobile Gaming
July 17, 2013
Internet Cafes still important, but shift to home and mobile gaming continues to alter market SAN JOSE, Calif. – July
Ragnarok Online Prequel
July 12, 2013
Chinese developer Dream² is currently working on a browser-based edition of the massively multiplayer online role-playing franchise Ragnarok Online, according
Will China’s Console Ban be Overturned?
July 11, 2013
It is the opinion of Niko Partners that it is very unlikely that China’s long-standing ban on consoles will be
iQiyi-PPS Integration
July 10, 2013
Online video continues to expand in mainland China. Baidu’s online video subsidiary iQiyi is nearly done with the technical integration
Tencent’s Recent Successes
July 9, 2013
Tencent has been spreading the good word about its success this week. The CEO Zhiping Liu said that 26 apps
NetEase Licenses Hearthstones: Heroes of Warcraft
July 8, 2013
Blizzard Entertainment announced it has licensed its new cross-platform strategy card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft to NetEase. The license
Lenovo Focuses on Gamers in China
July 5, 2013
Lenovo, China’s PC giant with by far the leading market share of branded PCs in China (and many other countries),
Tencent Increases Kingsoft Investment
July 4, 2013
Tencent increased its investment in Kingsoft, and now holds 18% and is the second largest shareholder in the company. The
Datang Telecom Acquires Yaowan.com
July 3, 2013
Here is something that demonstrates the “wild west” environment in China’s webgames segment. A smaller telecom company, Datang Telecom, announced
Chinese PC Webgames Head to the Mobile Platform
June 27, 2013
Webgames are hardcore browser based games (many are MMORPGs) and they have taken market share from client-based games. We recently
Tencent Announces New Mobile Game Platform
June 26, 2013
Tencent announced its new mobile game platform for WeChat, Mobile QQ, QQ Game, Qzone, and My App, focusing primarily on
Online IP Piracy Crackdown Measures
June 25, 2013
The National Copyright Administration is adding music videos to the list of items it tries to protect from online piracy
Oculus Rift
June 20, 2013
The Oculus Rift VR headset is incredibly cool. At E3, I (Lisa Cosmas Hanson) had the opportunity to demo both
Apple Adds to Its China Commitment with Recent iOS 7 Announcement
June 20, 2013
According to TechCrunch: Apple announced that a host of new features will be included in iOS 7 that should make
Next Generation Consoles
June 19, 2013
It doesn’t matter much in mainland China, but the general feeling is that PS4 would dominate over Xbox One there