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Can puzzle games save the mobile game industry?

Puzzle games seem to be the rising star of the mobile game industry. More developers are taking their chances with this genre, either copying or cloning genre staples or trying to leap forward with their original games. But can puzzle games provide the lifeline that the industry is looking for?

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China tightens its grip on the game industry, giants’ shares plummeted 

Chinese regulators have unveiled a set of rules aimed at curbing spending and reward mechanisms associated with video games, dealing a setback to the world’s largest gaming market, which witnessed a resurgence in growth this year. The development hit the Chinese-based market giants hard. Tencent and NetEase shares dropped 16 and 25%, respectively.

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Why TikTok retreated from the games industry?

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has shut down Nuverse Games and laid off hundreds of employees. This move was circulated as TikTok’s retrieval from the games industry. Now that the dust has settled let’s look back at what happened and try to understand the situation more deeply.