The two new titles added to Tencent’s stacked video games portfolio in China are expected to help expand domestic efforts in e-sports and console gaming.

Unspecified ‘transactions’ with Chinese owners of the popular video and messaging services to be barred within 45 days.

A Tencent-driven merger between China’s two biggest video game live-streaming platforms may help the gaming giant cement its position domestically at a time when Chinese tech companies are undergoing heavy scrutiny overseas, experts say.

Game developer and tournament organiser Riot Games, a subsidiary of Tencent, is partnering with local and international authorities to ensure public health safety at the event in Shanghai.

Sales of games in China surged in the first half the year as more people turned to games amid stay-home orders and social distancing measures due to Covid-19.

JD.com to head a new industry alliance for the gaming smartphone sector as Chinese tech companies capitalise on the emergence of mobile e-sports and coming 5G networks

Even with another ban of Chinese apps including Tencent’s PUBG Mobile looming on the horizon, further action in India is unlikely to be a major threat to most Chinese gaming companies, experts say.

Visitors will have to wear masks, scan their faces and assigned health codes before accessing the venue this year.

India’s restrictions on Chinese tech, following a recent border clash in the Himalayas, have created opportunities for US firms to fill the void

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has signed a partnership with Tencent’s King Pro League (KPL) to bring the benefits of e-commerce to the hit game Honor of Kings

China’s gaming industry has seen a proliferation of new game-related companies in the first half of the year after many companies went under due to stricter regulation in 2018 and 2019.

A total of 2,394 games had been removed by Apple from its China App Store on July 4, after more than a thousand each day were taken down from July 1.

Worried Hongkongers are using encrypted messaging apps like Signal, scrubbing their social media posts and installing VPN software to protect their privacy.

With China’s 5G mobile network expansion on track, the broad adoption of cloud gaming services across the country could help reshape its video games industry.

China’s cloud gaming market to to be worth at least 4 billion yuan (US$565 million) by 2022, according to a report by research firm CNG.

At its annual game conference on Saturday, Tencent announced new titles based on Japanese game franchises Street Fighter, Metal Slug and Dynasty Warriors, continuing its strategy of purchasing intellectual property rights to existing content to create new games.

Tencent’s partnership with Japan’s Pokémon Company seen as an opportunity for the Chinese tech giant to expand its leadership in mobile gaming to consoles

Call of Duty: Mobile reached 250 million downloads within nine months of launch, boosted by large numbers of people staying at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Tencent’s new mobile game Brawl Stars from Supercell raked in US$17.5 million with 4.8 million downloads in its first week in China

ByteDance’s aggressive move to secure big-name gaming franchises comes after its first efforts struggled to meet expectations and failed to dent Tencent’s dominance

Chinese gaming giant Tencent has announced new measures it expects to help prevent minors from bypassing anti-addiction game limits by using their parents’ or other adults’ accounts.

Alibaba’s co-founder Jack Ma once said the company would not enter the gaming industry, but it has changed its tune in recent years.

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile and Honour of Kings topped Sensor Tower’s ranking of global mobile game revenue in May, while Three Kingdoms Strategic by Alibaba and Rise of Kingdoms by Lilith Games also made it to the top 10.

CCTV report slams Huya and Douyu for bombarding students with gaming ads while the Twitch-like platforms marketed themselves as online education portals

The creation of Sakura Studio comes as Chinese gaming companies continue to expand overseas amid increased regulation at home.

The move to shut down TopBuzz shows how ByteDance has struggled to crack the overseas news app market as well as replicate the broad success of TikTok.

Cloud gaming’s promise to deliver sophisticated games on low cost devices has prompted Huawei to form partnerships with Chinese gaming giants such as NetEase and Tencent

How China and the US have approached contact tracing differently, with competing priorities over personal privacy and the need to tackle a health emergency effectively.

As video streaming becomes a lucrative market in which online celebrities can earn millions of dollars from tips, disingenuous content creators and scams are increasing

Sony has disabled a back door in the Chinese PlayStation 4 that allowed gamers to log onto foreign servers and download games from overseas versions of the PlayStation Store.