🚀 Market Wire | Battle of Golden Spatula Rockin China's Charts
How does an auto-chess spin-off completely destroy the Chinese top 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
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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A Golden Spatula is a reference to the legendary item from League of Legends which is no longer active in the game.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.
