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Italian games firm sees Asian market as “a big opportunity”
Read More »Chinese console ban to be lifted for good
The temporary lifting of the ban on video games console sales in China is to be made permanent. The Wall Street Journal reports that the temporary easing of restrictions introduced last year is also to be eased, allowing foreign companies to manufacture and sell games and hardware anywhere in the …
Read More »China to end console ban
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo now able to manufacture and sell hardware anywhere in the country
Read More »Football Manager Online kicking off in China
A free-to-play Chinese version of Sega’s Football Manager Online is in development. It’s being made by series creators Sports Interactive in partnership with DaLe Games. PvP elements have been reworked and will provide the emphasis of the gameplay, while plenty of social features will be slotted in too. "For us, …
Read More »Chinese PS4 and Xbox One sales are ‘disappointing’, report says
Next-gen console fever has yet to infect Chinese gamers, it seems. Games Industry reports that numbers from analyst Niko Partners suggest that between them PS4 and Xbox One will by the end of the year reach a combined unit sales number of just 550k. The Chinese government lifted the ban …
Read More »Nintendo abandons plans to release consoles in China, report claims
Wii U and 3DS platform holder Nintendo will not follow Sony and Microsoft into the Chinese market, it has been claimed. Tokyo based games consultant Serkan Toto has said Nikkei has reported that Nintendo will not execute prior plan to manufacture consoles for the Chinese market”. A year ago Nintendo …
Read More »Gateway to China
With new opportunities arising in the East, one company is keen to meet more developers from the West: MHT Game
Read More »Chinese iOS app downloads overtake the US for the first time
Apple’s successful Asian strategy has seen Chinese iOS owners download more apps than their American counterparts for the first time. VentureBeat speculates that last year’s launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was the catalyst, with Chinese consumers typically preferring smartphones with larger screens. Both models featured bigger …
Read More »Bigpoint: ‘If you’re in free-to-play you should be targeting China’
CEO Khaled Helioui discusses why spending time to designing your game for the Chinese market may be worthwhile
Read More »2D Assassin’s Creed Chronicles becomes a three part series
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Chronicles will no longer be a single release, with two other titles joining the now three part series. The first part of the trilogy, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, was announced last September as part of the AC: Unity Season’s Pass. That’s now scheduled for a digital release …
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