Tag: China

After a short break for Spring Festival (or as we in the West like to call it, Chinese New Year), China's gaming sector is back at work. And as we try to do every Friday, we're back with another 'This Week in China' round-up courtesy of our friends at Beijing's Laohu.com.This week you'll see a little bit of IPO rumor, a little bit of copycat fighting, and a (not so) little bit of layoffs. If you're looking to stay on top of Chinese gaming news in a more daily manner (and love the power of Google Translate), be sure to add Laohu.com to your bookmarks.

Whether it's GDC, Casual Connect, or even MIGS, who doesn't love a good gaming conference? It's no different in China, where they recently held the first China Mobile Gaming Annual Summit. As you can probably guess, announcements were made both in and out of the conference this week, and as always, we're ready to serve them up hot and fresh and ready to order.Once again we'd like to thank our friends at Laohu.com, the Beijing-based website that gratefully gathers up China's top stories for Gamezebo to share with their readers each week. If you're looking for even more Chinese news than this, be sure to give Laohu.com a visit.

With a new year freshly underway, new beginnings are in order - and for IGN, that means starting a brand new website in China. And that's not the only news that broke this week. While the west is still sleeping off a New Year's hangover, business has been in full swing in China. Lawsuits, marketing, and more made the list of this week's happenings.Thanks, as always, to our friends at Beijing-based Laohu.com for providing us with the following insights into the Chinese games market. If you're looking for daily info, be sure to bookmark Laohu.com to stay on top of everything that's happening in the most populous country in the world.

There has been a lot of talk in the west about virtual casino games in the last few years. Some developers are trying their luck at real money gambling games in the UK. Others are hedging their bets in the hopes of a potential change in US gambling laws. But while we keep playing the 'will they/won't they' game over here, China is dealing with gambling games in its own way: in short, they don't allow it.As always, our news out of China comes to us courtesy of our friends at the Beijing-based Laohu.com. Be sure to give them a read if you're looking for daily coverage of the Chinese games market - they definitely know their stuff.

Looking at this week's Chinese news roundup (that was graciously provided by our friends at Laohu.com), there's one theme that seems to recur again and again: Western brands are popular in China.Don't believe me? Check the roundup for yourself. There are mobile happenings that involve an American movie brand, a US fast food chain, and even a few chart-topping Western mobile games.If you like what you see here, be sure to check out Laohu.com for yourself. While they're kind enough to share the top news from China each week with Gamezebo, they're also grinding out news 24/7 for the Chinese market - and with the help of a service like Babelfish or Google Translate, you can dive in to all of it."