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League of Legends is being used to accelerate the adoption of Windows 10 in China thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and Tencent. Microsoft has announced that Tencent will create a Windows 10 universal app for their existing QQ app, which currently has over 800m users in China. League of …
Read More »Chillingo opens China office
Branch responsible for publishing games across Chinese app stores
Read More »PlayStation 4 lands in China on March 20th
New-gen home console will cost 2,899 yuan (£307)
Read More »PS4 and Vita get second Chinese launch date
The nod has again been given for PS4 and PlayStation Vita to go on sale in China. The Verge reports that both consoles will be released on March 20th at the price they were originally announced at – CY 2,899 (307) for the PS4 and CY 1,299 (138) for Vita. …
Read More »Chinese mobile games giant Allstar plots £2.6m UK invasion
Chinese mobile games publisher Allstar Games will launch in the UK this year, and is splashing $4m (2.6m) on the venture. The firm’s debut release will be mobile action strategy title Allstar Heroes for iOS and Android. The $4m spend is designed to promote both Allstar Games and Allstar Heroes. …
Read More »China exclusive Angry Birds game in the works
Finnish powerhouse Rovio has teamed up with Beijing Kunlun Tech to bring its popular Angry Birds franchise to China. The Chinese gaming firm will be collaborating with Rovio on launching Angry Birds titles that have been developed specifically for its home market. This is the first time Rovio has worked …
Read More »Rovio collaborating on new Angry Birds for China
Partnership with Chinese games firm Kunlun focus on new titles specific to Eastern market
Read More »Take-Two CEO on unannounced games, buying studios, WWE and the power of GTA Online
For years, Take-Two’s business has been built on the boxed games market. Yet, with the arrival of Grand Theft Auto Online and the firm’s efforts in Asia, the company has become a digital powerhouse. What does this transition mean for retail? We ask Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Your latest financial …
Read More »Chinese telco giant Snail Games to launch new OBox console in UK next year
Watch out Microsoft and Sony, one of China’s biggest games companies will launch its first console in Europe in early 2016. Snail Games is China’s fifth largest mobile phone service provider and the firm behind hit MMO Age of Wushu, which attracts over 5.5m monthly players. Now, the company is …
Read More »Ouya taking on China with Alibaba investment
'Markets, like China, without the baggage of the US console market, could be the game console leaders in ten years,' says CEO Julie Uhrman
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