Rokky Acquires ChinaPlay Store | PC Games Insider

Okay, so here’s this wild story I stumbled onto — Rokky, you know, that PC thingy-majig for game distribution, just scooped up ChinaPlay, the Chinese store place. Or was it the other way around? Whatever. No one says how much dough swapped hands. Typical, right?

Now, ChinaPlay, they do this thing where they take stuff from outside China and sling it to folks over there. Like a magic trick, but with extra steps. They’re into marketing jazz and setting prices that don’t make people faint. Apparently, they’ve got like a million folks knocking on their digital door every year. A million! I can’t even get a text back.

Anyway, Vadim Andreev, big shot at Rokky, says China’s gaming scene is a beast with all these hoops to jump through — strict rules, secret handshakes, who knows what else. He’s excited about this whole deal. Thinks it’s gonna open some kinda portal for developers to sneak into China’s 322 million PC gamer crowd. That’s, like, a lot of controllers — or maybe keyboards? His dream is to make the world smaller or something. Connect everyone like some sort of gaming matchmaker.

Oh, and Denis Glukhov from ChinaPlay? He’s jazzed too. Says this move’s strategic. Big word there, but it fits. Wants to be that bridge, fixing up the connections between publishers and gamers in China. Something about local chats and loyalty thingies to make players feel all cozy. And yeah, he’s into helping publishers navigate the wild waters of the gaming world—pretty noble.

Full disclosure, by the way, before anyone thinks I’m pulling a fast one — Alex Calvin, some freelance journo, has had ties with Rokky. So, you know, take it all with a grain of salt or a truckload of skepticism if you’re feeling dramatic.

That’s the scoop — or my version of it. Maybe I got a few things tangled up, but it’s the gist.