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Showgirls, dragons, and Fortnite’s school bus: ChinaJoy 2018 in pictures

Experience China’s biggest gaming show with us

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China is known for dragons, but this isn’t an Asian dragon: It’s Drogon from Game of Thrones, hanging out to promote Tencent and Yoozoo’s mobile game based on the show. (We think, despite his size, Drogon is still just a teenager here. Yikes.)
Josh Ye
This article originally appeared on ABACUS

ChinaJoy is a pretty intense experience. China’s biggest game show is enormous: Thousands of attendees flood hundreds of booths across multiple convention halls in Shanghai. The booths are bright, colorful and extremely elaborate, with stage shows constantly taking place, trying to grab attention.

It’s a really cool environment, but also a little exhausting in person to constantly experience for eight hours a day. So we took a few pictures to allow you to feel some of the fun…without any of the overstimulation. Enjoy!

China is known for dragons, but this isn’t an Asian dragon: It’s Drogon from Game of Thrones, hanging out to promote Tencent and Yoozoo’s mobile game based on the show. (We think, despite his size, Drogon is still just a teenager here. Yikes.)
China is known for dragons, but this isn’t an Asian dragon: It’s Drogon from Game of Thrones, hanging out to promote Tencent and Yoozoo’s mobile game based on the show. (We think, despite his size, Drogon is still just a teenager here. Yikes.)
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ChinaJoy isn’t just for Chinese companies — Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia, Ubisoft and many other Western gaming companies have a huge presence here.
ChinaJoy isn’t just for Chinese companies — Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia, Ubisoft and many other Western gaming companies have a huge presence here.
Ubisoft has an amphitheater set up inside their booth for gamers to compete on stage.
Ubisoft has an amphitheater set up inside their booth for gamers to compete on stage.
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Cosplayers are everywhere — JD.com actually hired these guys to, uh, pose? Hang out at their booth? (I’m not gonna lie, I’m not sure how to describe what it is cosplayers actually do.)
Cosplayers are everywhere — JD.com actually hired these guys to, uh, pose? Hang out at their booth? (I’m not gonna lie, I’m not sure how to describe what it is cosplayers actually do.)
Fortnite was just released in China by Tencent. It’s not close to PUBG yet, but that isn’t stopping Tencent from giving the game a huge presence — including the iconic schoolbus.
Fortnite was just released in China by Tencent. It’s not close to PUBG yet, but that isn’t stopping Tencent from giving the game a huge presence — including the iconic schoolbus.
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