Starting this Sunday, TikTok and WeChat will be removed from the US App Store and Google Play.

IKEA is developing about 30  pieces of gaming furniture that will go on sale in February 2021, starting in China.

A branch of China’s Ministry of Public Security posted a notice that certain games violate privacy and cybersecurity laws. Among them are Subway Surfers, Plants vs. Zombies 2 and other popular titles.

According to a new study by market researcher Niko Partners, there are 720 million gamers in China. 75 percent of those live outside the biggest cities. On a related note, smaller cities generate around 70% of game revenue.

In China, it’s challenging enough to get your game approved by the local regulators. However, as spotted by Niko Partners’ Daniel Ahmad, even obtaining the approval does not guarantee your game does not get delisted.

In China, there are around 300 million female gamers, according to the 2019 China Gaming Industry Report. It is over 46 percent of the country’s entire population of gamers. However, the market is dominated by the likes of Honour of Kings, designed with a male audience in mind. With this “traditional” gaming market getting saturated, games for female players might just be the next big thing.

Indian authorities have blocked 118 mobile apps from Chinese companies that are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.”

Chinese giant Tencent acquired a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher. Following the deal, Voodoo is valued at $1.4 billion.

Since July 1, Apple has removed nearly 42,000 IAP and premium games from the App Store in China. These titles failed to have obtained a government approval by July 31.

Feng Shixin, the Deputy Director of the Publications Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, spoke at ChinaJoy (July 31-August 3, 2020) about the video games industry in China.

India can ban PUBG Mobile as part of its ongoing crackdown on apps from Chinese companies, Gadgets 360 reports.

Over 28,000 video games businesses shut down in China in 2018 and 2019 as a result of the nine-month licensing freeze. However, more than 22,000 new game-related companies have been registered in China in 2020.

Apple has kept its word. It’s removing all IAP and premium games from the App Store in China that had not received a government approval by June 30.

Apple has confirmed to publishers that it will remove all games from the App Store in China that have not received a government approval by June 30.

Chinese mobile games revenue generated whopping revenues in Q1 2020. Natalie Stepanova, Head of Marketing & PR at analyst firm Apptica, disusses the phenomenal performance of China’s mobile game sector.

Zhu Yongxin, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), proposed a rating system for online games.

Niko Partners project that video games in China will bring in over $46.7 billion in 2024.