With a new year freshly underway, new beginnings are in order - and for IGN, that means starting a brand new website in China. And that's not the only news that broke this week. While the west is still sleeping off a New Year's hangover, business has been in full swing in China. Lawsuits, marketing, and more made the list of this week's happenings.

Thanks, as always, to our friends at Beijing-based Laohu.com for providing us with the following insights into the Chinese games market. If you're looking for daily info, be sure to bookmark Laohu.com to stay on top of everything that's happening in the most populous country in the world.