+ Casual Games Market
+ Chinese Consumer and Trendspotting Studies
+ Games Market in Asia/China
+ Google and Baidu
+ Web 2.0 in China/Xiaonei
Pearl Research Publishes Analysis of Tencent's CrossFire
Sun, May 31, 2009 Games | internetThe online first-person shooter CrossFire has proven to be an enormous hit for Tencent with more than 1 million peak concurrent users. The title competes against games such as Special Force and Sudden Attack, all of which use the free-to-play model. Both Special Force and Sudden Attack were enormous hits in Korea and revitalized the FPS genre but it is CrossFire that has performed extremely well in China.
Pearl Research releases "Online Games in China" report
Wed, Apr 8, 2009 Games | internetPearl Research forecasts the online games market in China will exceed $5.5 billion in 2012. The market grew more than 63% to reach $2.8 billion in 2008. These findings are contained in Pearl Research’s new 140-page “Games Market in China” study.
PlayTesting of Chinese Games Crucial To Understanding Market
Fri, Aug 8, 2008 Games | internetA common question from our clients at Pearl Research is how we would rate the content and services from game operators Shanda, Netease, Th9, Giant Interactive and Tencent. To fully understand these titles will perform, Pearl Research conducts deep competitive of these titles through our playtesting, interviews with Chinese consumers and our exclusive online surveys.
Redline China Fourth of July Schedule
Thu, Jul 2, 2009Redline China will be on break for the July 4th holiday. We will resume publishing on Monday July 6th. Thank you.
Bling Nation Raises $8 Million in Funding
Thu, Jul 2, 2009 mobileBling Nation, a mobile payments provider, announced today it has secured $8 million in Series A funding with $6.3 million coming from lead investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. The remaining $1.7 million was raised primarily from Meck, Ltd., which invested an initial $5.3 million in Bling Nation, and CampVentures.
Nickelodeon's AddictingGames Publishes on Apple's iPhone
Wed, Jul 1, 2009 internet | mobileNickelodeon's AddictingGames, a free online games website, will extend to the iPhone this July with the launch of several games and a cross-promotion publishing network for iPhone game developers called the AddictingGames iNetwork.
Global Gaming Factory Purchases Pirate Bay
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 internetGlobal Gaming Factory, a Swedish gaming software company, on Tuesday said it will agree to purchase Pirate Bay for an estimated $7.7 million. Pirate Bay is a file sharing website, whose owners were sentenced to a year in jail in April 2009 for distributing illegal content such as music and games.
The Lord of The Rings is Relaunched in China by CDC
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 Games | internetCDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) announced today that it expects to launch The Lord of the Rings Online in China during the second half of 2009. The Lord of the Rings Online is currently offered in North America, Europe, Russia and South Korea.
PepsiCo Opens 'Green' Plant in China as Part of $1 Billion Investment
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 MiscellaneousPepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, opened its first overseas "green" plant in China today in the western city of Chongqing as it reiterated plans to invest $1 billion in the country. Over the next two years, the company expects to open five new beverage manufacturing plants -- in Kunming, Zhengzhou, Quanzhou, Lanzhou and Nanchang. It also plans to invest to strengthen its local research and development capabilities and broaden its portfolio of Chinese-designed and developed products such as Tropicana Guo Bin Fen juices, Lay's Lychee potato chips and Cao Ben Le drinks, which are inspired by traditional Chinese medicine.
Warhammer Online Releases Expansion
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 Games | internetMythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today completed the roll-out of the “Call to Arms” live expansion for the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) community.
