Category: Industry Insights

From “Year One of Manju” to “Year One of AI-Powered Manju,” the industry has completed a full cycle of iteration in just one year. Between late 2025 and early 2026, ByteDance, Tencent, and Baidu each launched standalone manju apps, quietly igniting a new competition for the next generation of content consumption. In November 2025, ByteDance[…..] […]

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For more than a decade, mobile RPGs have been one of the industry’s strongest and most resilient genres. From sprawling MMORPGs to low-maintenance idle RPGs, these games have consistently fostered deep engagement, strong monetization, and long-term player loyalty for publishers. While mobile gaming has been experiencing some industry-wide stagnation, with reduced revenue and downloads across[…..] […]

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 Facing shutdown, InnoGames replaced over 20 of the 25 people working on Sunrise Village with AI. Player numbers remained stable, and the quality went unnoticed. Now, the German developer plans to roll out AI-generated content across its entire portfolio. About a year ago, German game developer InnoGames made what seemed like a bold gamble: it[…..] […]

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  International mainstream business media outlet CNBC recently published an in-depth report focusing on the launch of Youku’s annual animation series “Cang Yuan Tu” and the broader wave of Chinese animation going global. The report was featured not only on CNBC’s official website and app but also as the main content of the latest edition[…..] […]

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Company Identifies $500 Million in Cost Savings, Affected Employees to Receive at Least Four Months of Base Pay; Cary, North Carolina Headquarters Most Impacted with Approximately 210 Positions Cut On March 24, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced on the company’s official website that the game developer will reduce its global workforce by approximately 1,000[…..] […]

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On the evening of March 27, at the Yuewen IP Awards, the acclaimed original Chinese sci-fi animation series “Ling Cage” (Linglong) reached a new milestone: it not only won the “Most Anticipated Animated Film of the Year” award but also officially announced its first animated feature film project. The news quickly ignited excitement among fans,[…..] […]

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Led by Former Call of Duty Zombies Architect Jason Blundell, the Studio Never Revealed Its Debut Project; Sony’s Recent Closures Include Bluepoint as Industry Pressures Mount According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has shut down Dark Outlaw Games, a first-party PlayStation studio founded just one year ago under the leadership of[…..] […]

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Recently, game engine giant Unity officially announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it will shut down the ironSource ad network and initiate the sales process of its mobile game publishing brand Supersonic. These moves mean that the high-profile $4.4 billion industry merger three and a half years ago[…..] […]

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On March 27, the domestic animated film “Monkey King: Rise” officially announced its release date, which is set to hit theaters nationwide on July 10, 2026. Along with the announcement, the first official trailer and five character posters were released simultaneously, making it the first animated film to be scheduled for this year’s summer season.[…..] […]

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