1，据toucharcade的消息称暴雪面向Android平台推出iOS移植版游戏Hearthstone。

炉石传说 魔兽英雄传(from itunes.apple.com)

当前版本只针对Google Play的澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大地区。

2，据gamesindustry的消息称基于 Sony推出PlayStation 4的竞争压力，Microsoft将Xbox One中国区的售价从3699元（598美元）调低到2899元(468美元)。

Xbox One(from gamesindustry.biz)

3，据gamesindustry的消息称知名游戏人Trip Hawkins加盟Skillz出任顾问。

Trip Hawkins(from gamesindustry.biz)

Skillz在9月份的时候融资600万美元。

4，据inside mobile apps的消息称NHN Entertainment USA面向iOS北美地区推出了Battle for the Throne。（本文由游戏邦编译，转载请注明来源，或咨询微信zhengjintiao）

Battle for the Throne(from insidemobileapps.com)

1，We know some of you out there don’t just use iOS for games, and use Android as well. And it’s quite possible that you’ve been waiting to play Hearthstone [Free (HD)] on your Android device of choice. Well, good news, as the game has soft-launched on Android today [in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand on Google Play. If you come from the land of iOS, where getting soft-launched games is a trivial endeavor for anyone, you may be disappointed to learn that getting Android soft launches is a bit harder. Basically, your device has to be in the country that the app is soft-launched in. Changing that either requires rooting your device and using a country-changing app like this though I can’t vouch for it actually working, or using this guide with VPN. It’s quite likely that someone will wind up uploading the APK of the game somewhere, so I’d just hold out for that, or just wait for the global launch.（source： toucharcade）

2，Last week, Sony announced its PlayStation 4 launch plans for China, saying the console would launch January 11 at RMB 2,899 ($468). That’s significantly cheaper than the Xbox One, which has a price tag of RMB 3,699 ($598) for the least expensive version of the hardware. Microsoft has since moved to narrow that price gap, according to a Kotaku translation of a Sina.com report.

Both versions of the Xbox One hardware (one with the Kinect packed in, one without) have received RMB 500 ($80.77) price drops. The new prices are RMB 3,799 ($614) for an Xbox One with Kinect, and RMB 3,199 ($517) for a system on its own. Both Xbox One bundles include two games, whereas the PS4 will be sold on its own.

The Xbox One launched in China in September, and sold more than 100,000 units in its first week on sale. That’s considerably more successful than the system was upon its launch in Japan, where Microsoft only moved 30,000 units in its first month on sale.（source：gamesindustry.biz ）

3，Skillz, a mobile focused eSports company, has followed an influx of new funding with the appointment of Trip Hawkins as strategic advisor.

Based in San Francisco, Skillz raised $6 million to fund expansion plans in September. The company claims that its technology, which can be integrated into any mobile game, already supports 100,000 real-money tournaments every day.

Trip Hawkins is, of course, the founder or Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate, and one of the pioneers of the games industry. He is also involved with the educational startup If You Can, which raised $6.5 million in February.

“Skillz enables confident gamers to prove themselves in a more intense arena, paving the way towards gamer professionals that play for spectators,” Hawkins said in a statement.

“To have one of the most respected and revered names in gaming on our team is really a testament to just how big mobile eSports will become,” added Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise. “Our intention is to enable competitive tournament play into every mobile game, no matter the genre.”（source：gamesindustry ）

4，Toast, the mobile publishing arm of NHN Entertainment USA, has announced the release of Battle for the Throne on iOS devices in North America. The kingdom-building game has already found success in Korea, and combines elements from “social war” games, as well as card battle and city-building games. In Battle for the Throne, players can collect and upgrade a team of heroes as they battle against other players in real-time.

Battle for the Throne takes players to a land rocked by civil war, as they must work to capture the throne from the Devan Army, which has used its strength in numbers to overtake the kingdom’s villages. Players have a town as their home ase, and can expand their area of influence by completing exploration missions into enemy territory. Players must complete multiple missions in each territory before they can claim it from the Devan Army, and players use energy to complete these missions.（source：insidemobileapps.com ）