Los Angeles-based studio Firefly Games raised $8 million during investment round A. With the help of the money received, it will help Chinese mobile games appear on the American market.

The Chinese New Year is on the nose, and on this occasion – a few words from analysts from Niko Partners about what awaits the mobile gaming market of China in 2015.

The number of mobile ad views in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries) increased by 90% compared to the previous year and amounts to 84 billion per month. This was reported by Venturebeat resource with reference to its own research of the Glispa marketing agency.

The financial success of the paid Monument Valley can be repeated in China, according to iDreamSky, one of the largest publishers in the Chinese market.

Chinese users believe that the gaming industry has no cultural value, and the games themselves have been recognized as a waste of time,” Karvin Sun, a developer from China, shared on his blog.

The original version of Heroes Charge turned out to be a real box office blockbuster in the Middle Kingdom last November. The game has overtaken both the Asian hit Pop Star and all the products of the giant Tencent in financial terms.

Newzoo has presented a list of the 20 most popular Android games for the past October. This time we decided to dispense with the boring enumeration of titles and publish gameplay videos of projects, fortunately, they will say exactly more than a dry selection.

In the third quarter of 2014, the Chinese mobile games market earned $1.1 billion. This is 9% more than in the second quarter of this year and 73% more than in the third quarter of 2013, – the analytical company iResearch reports.

According to the results of the third quarter of 2014, the most popular app store in China is 360 Mobile Assistant, 26% of Chinese Android users download from it, – the analytical company Newzoo reports in one of its latest studies (for 16.10. 2014). 

Chinese publisher OurPalm is investing $30 million in the mobile gaming company FingerFun.

Startup Cloudcade received $1.55 million from the venture fund IDG Capital to create its first game.