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  • Two sides of the story: Developer opportunities in China (Casual Connect Kiev)
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    Two sides of the story: Developer opportunities in China (Casual Connect Kiev)

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    Finding and conquering new markets is key to growth for any game developer nowadays.  We've touched on the importance of looking outside of the US recently, but to put a finer point on it, the Chinese market in particular seems to be one that's rife with potential.  It's something we've heard a lot about recent months, and a fair bit at Casual Connect Kiev this week -- but is the assessment of China's potential really accurate?
  • Top four game trends in China
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    Top four game trends in China

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    We all know that games are big in China (even bigger than in Japan, perhaps)!  But what do we really know about the state of games in China?  How does it differ from the US games market?  Can you make money (or renminbi) in China?  Who are going to be the winners?  (Hint:  not Apple!)
  • Creating Mobile Games for Players in China: What Works and Why
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    Creating Mobile Games for Players in China: What Works and Why

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    Fishing, even for the most experienced and skilled fisherman, is a sport that involves a lot of luck. You can go into it having done everything right - researching your fishing spot, showing up when the fish are active, bringing the best bait, buying top-of-the-line pole and tackle, and putting hours of practice into your casting and landing skills. In the end, however, a fish still needs to show up in the right place at the right time and decide to bite.
  • Travel East, my son! CrowdStar takes top franchises to China, South Korea
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    Travel East, my son! CrowdStar takes top franchises to China, South Korea

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    Hot on the heels of their much-publicized emancipation from the Facebook platform, and self-proclaimed conversion to the church of mobile, social gaming mainstay CrowdStar is ready to take their show on the road, expanding a couple of their most popular franchises into the (ironically named) Wild West of mobile gaming: Southeast Asia. How will they make it out there? With the a little help from their friends, of course.
  • More smartphones being activated in China than anywhere else
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    More smartphones being activated in China than anywhere else

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    You constantly hear app developers talking about how they're trying to crack the American market, but if current trends hold then it may be Chinese users who everyone will want to woo in the near future. According to a new Flurry report, China has now surpassed the US as the nation with the greatest percentage of new device activations (24 percent vs 21 percent). Furthermore, new device adoption in China is growing at a very fast clip, while smartphone sales seem to go through peaks and valleys in the US.
  • Chinese iOS developer Hoolai lost half its revenue due to online scams
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    Chinese iOS developer Hoolai lost half its revenue due to online scams

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    Chinese videogame developer Hoolai has dominated the Chinese App Store with its social game Three Kingdoms. China is Apple's number two market (after the United States) and Three Kingdoms quickly jumped to the top of grossing charts in that market. Their revenue total from October 2011 totaled about $600,000. However, when Hoolai received that revenue from Apple, they only got about half of that amount, while the rest were discovered to be fraudulent purchases from Taobao, the Chinese equivalent of eBay.
  • Watch out Disney! Angry Birds gets its own amusement park game in China
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    Watch out Disney! Angry Birds gets its own amusement park game in China

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    Actually, I better say, watch out Rovio! Like the fake Apple Stores, Techcrunch is reporting that a Chinese amusement park has created an unauthorized and very authentic carnival-like attraction based on Angry Birds.Players shoot plush Angry Birds toys (authorized, probably made in China) with a giant sling into inflatable pig balloons. This puts Rovio in an interesting spot.
  • The9’s $100 million mobile game fund
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    The9’s $100 million mobile game fund

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    If you are a mobile games developer and are looking for funding, this is your lucky day. The9, a leading games publisher in China, has announced a new $100 million to invest in publishing mobile games. The9 is so wealthy because it was smart enough to publish Blizzard's World of Warcraft (WoW) in China. For those who don't know, WoW is quite popular in China. The problem is, The9 has lost the rights to publish WoW in China, so now it is flush with cash but without a cash cow.