GameLook Weekly Review
Thunder’s failure IPO was the saddest thing last week. Though Thunder’s user base is very large and they have a monopoly on downloading services in China, foreign investors are still very cautious when making decisions. Thunder plans to enter the online video industry which has already been led by Youku; It is more feasible for Thunder to enter the game industry while the PE is very low.
Changyou’s Duke of Mount Deer has grown very quickly since its release. The game’s servers increased 68 sets on the first day and the total number is 96. Ads on 17173.com were all about Duke of Mount Deer that day, which shows Changyou attach great importance to the game.
Last week, several research companies released reports on games and mobile Internet, which are worth to look at. Mobile games have developed many years in China, but the focus is still not on smart phones.
China Mobile collected Android games globally, 100,000 RMB for each. China Mobile is about to take an active role in the Android market and enhance its competitiveness. China Union has launched its own operation system.
Sina Weibo launched micro gaming platform. Many social game companies are paying close attention to Sina, whose stock price raised from 40 dollars to 114 dollars because of its Weibo.
MMO Game
Investing war of Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu
Ding: The openness of many companies is just a stunt
Yuzhu Shi: Russian game industry
Yuzhu Shi: 400,000 players = 10 years
ChangYou Offers Duke of Mount Deer’s Open Beta Today
Tencent’s League of Legends Enters Open Beta Today
Tencent Confirms Blade & Soul’s Attendence at ChinaJoy 2011 Today
Tencent: TGA e-Sports League to become internationalized
Final Fantasy XIV Chinese version scene pictures unveiled
Shanda Announced Cloud Computing Platform Called Grand Cloud’s Open Beta
Ubisoft: Football City Stars Enters Closed Beta Today
KingSoft to launch The Legend of Swordman’s TV play tonight
Analysts: ZT Online 2 will not affect ZT Online
Perfect World may Formally Announce Saint Seiya in Jul, 25th
Perfect World Announces Recent Business Developments
4399 Announces First 2D MMORG Romance of the Ming Dynasty
Briefing the List with Great Titles in China Joy 2011
CNNIC: China’s online gamers stood at 311 million in June, 2011
Analysys: China’s net client games revenue reached 8.7 billion RMB in 2011Q2
Social Game
Sina Weibo launched micro gaming platform
Shanda Games will launch Legend of Immortals on KaiXin
Mobile Game
China Mobile collects Android games globally, 100,000 RMB for each
NetDragon 2011 mobile revenue to reach 10 million yuan, more focus on Android
China Unicom lauched Wophone with its own operation system
Analysys International: Chinese Mobile Online Game Users Stood at 24 Million in Q2, 2011
iResearch: 2011Q2 China Mobile Games Market Size Arrived 980 Million Yuan
CNNIC: China Mobile Internet Development Statistics Report (2011 Mid-year)
Web Game
Tencent Web Game Qi-Xiong Hegemony has closed beta test, to be released on Discuz
Kunlun Corporation acts as Perfect World’s new webgame exclusive agent
Snail Games to launch web game Mihu-Man
Snail Games to launch nautical themed web game Voyage Century
Baitian launched Children’s Card Web Game Ao Ya Zhi Guang
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