TikTok targets Asia's red-hot video game market to boost ad revenue

ByteDance-owned platform says it can help smaller studios reach more players

Tokyo game show

Indie game creators showcase their titles at the Tokyo Game Show in late September. (Photo by Ryohtaroh Satoh)

RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- TikTok is looking to cash in on Asia's increasingly competitive video game market by persuading game developers, particularly independent studios, to advertise on its short video platform.

"There was a strategic decision in TikTok to centralize globally the gaming [market,]" Maayan Kotler, head of Asia-Pacific gaming at TikTok, told Nikkei Asia. She was visiting Japan to attend the Tokyo Game Show, an industry fair where the company was participating for the second year in a row.

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