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Chinese Esports Organization FunPlus Phoenix Establishes CS:GO Division

Chinese Esports organization FunPlus Pheonix (FPX) has entered the Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) Esports scene by acquiring the majority of players from Danish team Heroic.

ByteDance’s New Mobile Game Ranks Second Among iOS Free Games on First Day

“Hot Blood Street Basketball,” developed by ByteDance’s wholly-owned subsidiary - Beijing Zhaoxiguangnian Information Technology.

ByteDance To Appoint Head of Gaming, Ramps up its Gaming Business

ByteDance will designate a senior executive to lead and grow its gaming business planning on launching a mobile MOBA game that directly competes with Tencent’s Honor of Kings

2019 Third Quarter China Gaming Industry Report: Tencent Accounts for over Half of the Market Share

Recently, Gamma Data (CNG), a Chinese research institute specializing in investigation and analysis of the gaming industry, released “2019 Third Quarter Report of China Gaming Industry”.

Tencent Sports Resumes NBA Preseason Live Broadcasts

Despite announcing on October 8 on Weibo that the NBA preseason broadcast would be suspended amidst the ongoing controversy, Tencent Sports resumed broadcasts of certain games.

Chinese Streaming Platform Douyu Lists on NASDAQ

Douyu, the game live streaming company, has officially gone public on NASDAQ on July 17, trading under the ticker symbol of “DOYU”.

NetEase Invests in Canadian Game Developer Behaviour Interactive

Chinese internet company NetEase announced today its strategic investment in Montreal-based game development company Behaviour Interactive.

Tencent and Nintendo Partner up to Sell Switch in China

Nintendo announced a new deal with Tencent on April 26. The agreement will allow the Nintendo Switch, to finally break into mainland China, the world’s largest game market.

Invictus Gaming Sweeps Fnatic 3-0 to Win League of Legends World Championship

Invictus Gaming (IG) has become the first Chinese team to win the League of Legends World Championship, taking a clean 3-0 sweep over European team Fnatic during the finals this Saturday at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, South Korea.

OnePlus and Google Release Crackables, a Series of Crypto-Challenge Games

On Monday Sept. 17, OnePlus and Google co-released a limited-time puzzle game competition named “Crackables”. The winner will receive a grand prize worth a whopping $30,000. The game can only be played online on mobile devices and it represents the partnership between the two companies.

Team China Takes the Crown in League of Legends at Jakarta Asian Games

On Aug. 28 at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Team China took down Team of South Korea 3-1 and emerged victorious in the popular video game League of Legends (LoL) during the finals.

Kuaishou Acquires AcFun for Possible Valuation of $162 Million

Kuaishou, one of China’s most popular video apps, confirmed on Tuesday that it has completed the purchase of AcFun to fully own China’s largest online video hosting platform.

Bilibili’s IPO marks a milestone in ACGN culture

A well-known ACG (Animation, Comic and game) Danmaku website Bilibili.com was listed on NASDAQ, bringing pressure on its competitor, AcFun. The success of the video platform embodies the blossom of generation Z and ACGN culture in China.

Tencent’s Q4 net profit rose 105 percent year-over-year, gaming accounted for 37 percent

This is the lowest proportion of game business in total revenue. On March 21, Tencent released its unaudited fourth-quarter comprehensive performance and audited annual comprehensive results as of Dec. 31, 2017.

Japanese Game a China-Wide Hit with Gamers and Non-Gamers

Exciting graphics, a sharable nature and easy gameplay have made “Travel Frog” a hit across China. Though not addictive, the game leaves players interested and wanting more.

Ubisoft Reaches Strategic Cooperation with WeChat, KETCHAPP to Release WeChat Small Games

Ubisoft and WeChat jointly announced a strategic cooperation on small games. Ubisoft’s KETCHAPP will launch several small games on WeChat. The two sides will give full play to their advantages and provide users with interesting and high-quality games.

Nintendo May Cooperate with Chinese Companies to Bring Mobile Games to China

In an interview with The Kyoto Shimbun, Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed that the company was developing a sleep tracking device, and expressed his attitudes about film and television, entertainment and the Chinese market.

Games Land in WeChat Mini Programs After Being Shot Down a Year Ago

When Allen Zhang, father of WeChat, sat down to explain WeChat’s new Mini Programs on December 28, 2016, the question every developer wanted to know was whether Mini Programs could be used to develop games? Zhang’s answer was simple and straightforward: “Not for now.”

Mobile, Client, Web Gaming Industries Post Billions in Earnings

The China Gaming Industry Report released today reflects how much money China’s gameplayers have paid for games in 2017. The actual sales revenue of China’s gaming market reached 203.61 billion yuan in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 23 percent.

Jack Ma Just Ate His Own Words

He Swore ‘Never Do Games Business’ While Now Enter Game Industry in High Profile In June 2010, when talking to the then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma said, “we firmly believe games couldn’t change China. China pursues single-child policy. If children play games all the time, what will our country be like […]

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