Tencent profit surges on gaming, WeChat strength
Chinese internet giant Tencent posted its fastest revenue growth in seven years in Q2 and …
Mobile gaming tipped to fuel Tencent revenue surge
A surge in revenue from its gaming division, maker of the widely popular Honour of …
Vainglory maker Super Evil Megacorp raises $19M
Mobile game maker Super Evil Megacorp raised $19 million and said it is “doubling down …
Tencent to restrict play time on popular mobile game
Tencent said it would limit the number of hours children can play its Honour of …
Mobile game publisher GameMine raises $20M
GameMine, a US-based mobile game publisher which partners with operators and app stores to distribute …
Christmas weekend fuels in app revenue surge
Consumer spending in apps across the Christmas holiday weekend grew significantly year-on-year, with games (unsurprisingly) …
Netmarble pushes westward with Kabam acquisition
South Korea’s largest mobile games company Netmarble agreed to acquire most of US rival Kabam’s …
NetDragon to shift focus to mobile games
Chinese online gaming and mobile Internet company NetDragon Websoft will shift the focus of its …
Tablets to account for 1/3 mobile game revenue by 2016
The market for tablet games is forecast to hit US$3.1 billion by 2014, accounting for more than a third of all mobile games revenue by 2016
Angry Birds hits 6.5M Christmas Day downloads
Rovio’s three Angry Birds games were downloaded 6.5 million times on Christmas Day as consumers …
