Nowhere are mobile video games more popular — or lucrative — than in Asia. And now Asian companies are making big bets that they can spread some of their expertise in mobile gaming to the United States.
In the last year, some of China and Japan’s largest Internet companies and game makers have pumped tens of millions of dollars into American mobile game companies. Tencent, China’s giant Internet conglomerate, invested $126 million in Glu Mobile and $60 million in Pocket Gems, two American game studios.
