online gaming

China’s Online Game Market to Reach $9.2 Billion in 2014

Niko Partners, the leading market intelligence firm on China’s video game industry, last week announced preliminary results from its upcoming Annual Review & Five-Year Forecast on China’s video game industry, citing $3.57 billion in revenue from online games in 2009. The annual review and forecast on online gaming and Chinese gamers shows strong growth by [...]

Foreign Investment Banned in China Online Gaming

via FT.com, Foreigners would be banned from operating online gaming within China through wholly foreign-owned investments, joint ventures or any other forms of co-operation with local companies, the country’s publishing regulator said.

Baidu’s Search Insight Tool: Brand Index, Industry Index, Region Index

Baidu recently launched Baidu Brand Index (require login), which is a similar product to Google Trends for brands, which is based on Baidu’s webpage and news search data. It shows both industry index and region index. Baidu IndustryIndex currently refreshes its data daily and shows information for two industries: automobile and online gaming. There is [...]