🚀 Market Wire | Battle of Golden Spatula Rockin China's Charts

What’s up, gamemakers!

We’re cruising in with this segment late this week. We’ve been busy…

This week we take a quick look at Battle of Golden Spatula, the TFT spin-off, that has been a massive hit in China.

I hope you’re all having a great week.

Top 10 Charts

• Looks like hyper-casual had a good week and went balls in downloads!

• Playrix owns the US!

• Battle of Golden Spatula is both top 10 downloads and revenue in China.

• We give a quick overview of this game below.

Top 10 Mobile Publishers

Top 5 Mobile Trending

Top 10 Steam Game Sellers

• RPGs The Elder Scrolls Online and Path of Exile made big pushes to top 10

• Maybe Diablo 4 withdrawal after the beta ended?

🔦 Spotlight | Battle of Golden Spatula

• Battle of Golden Spatula is a game “co-dev” between Tencent and Riot Games. It’s a spin-off of Teamfight Tactices that launched in China on 26th August 2021.

• Tencent’s NEXT Studios is the primary developer on the game.

• A Golden Spatula is a reference to the legendary item from League of Legends which is no longer active in the game.

• The game is exclusive to China and rumored to have been developed to help get approval for the game in China as a locally developed game vs. an “imported game” meaning relative to Teamfight Tactics.

Key Differences Between TFT and Golden Spatula:

• Improved graphics

• Additional game modes

• Age restrictions for every age category aka “Anti-addiction health system”

• Additional monetization features e.g., 2 battle passes, deeper gacha systems

• More active LiveOps calendar

Golden Spatula Downloads & Revenue Estimates:

References:

• Tencent’s TFT spin-off Battle of Golden Spatula introduces new modes (Upcomer)

• Tencent and Riot releases the TFT spinoff “Battle of Golden Spatula” in China (GamingOnPhone)

• Teamfight Tactics Is Making a Killing in China - How? (GameRefinery)

Written by Ryan Wilson and Joseph Kim.