The internet giant capped 2018 with a quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates.

Tencent capped 2018 with a 39 per cent decrease in net profit for the December quarter to 14.2 billion yuan, missing analysts’ estimates. Revenue was up 5 per cent to 84.9 billion yuan.

Platform, built on top of Google Chrome browser, allows users to play games without having to download and install them.

Solitary developer rues his admission and hopes fans will just enjoy the game, while sympathy vote takes Chinese-language Tiny Snow to gamers worldwide.

China’s internet giants are competing more aggressively, as they seek to offer all-in-one apps to keep users within their ecosystems as much as possible.

Gaming star was one of a few select professionals with huge followings pulled in by video game giant Electronic Arts Inc to play and promote its latest title

NetEase’s PUBG clone, Knives Out, was 2018’s top-grossing battle royale mobile game in China

Rape Day, a game set during a zombie apocalypse that has graphic depictions of sexual violence against women, was due for release on Steam in April; the platform now says it presents ‘unknown costs and risks’ to its business.

Here are some cautionary tales from games makers around the world that saw their titles banned in China because they touched on sensitive topics.

Wild popularity of Taiwanese game ended abruptly after some mainland Chinese players spotted what they read as hidden insults to their president

Real-time ray tracing, used by film studios, is the big selling point of Nvidia’s next-generation GPUs, and makes gaming a surreal experience, but the US$1,199 price tag will put off all but those gamers with deep pockets.

China’s top media regulator has stopped accepting new applications for game licences as it struggles to clear a backlog of thousands of titles

China’s top content regulator seeks to clear backlog of submissions that have piled up from previous nine-month hiatus, source says.

Summer holidays identified as addiction danger spot as youngsters spend unstructured time online, with young children particularly at risk.

China’s video games giant looks to add Apex Legends to its large stable of hit titles in the world’s second largest economy.

Television character’s trademark move cannot be copyrighted, officials insist, meaning video game makers can use it – and others – as much as they want.

The new game by Respawn Entertainment racked up 10 million players in three days and its intuitive twists on the now established battle royale genre could see it pose a credible threat to industry leader Fortnite.

The game mixes characters from Final Fantasy with cartoon characters. Its fun gameplay and improved mechanics are offset by the complicated narrative.

With its top-down perspective, balletic gunfights and pared-down, slow-motion gameplay, The Hong Kong Massacre has a nostalgic charm. It looks and feels like Hong Kong, but the action doesn’t sustain the excitement.

Canadian brothers behind indie hit that’s sold three million copies since its release in September 2017 had no formal training in game design. Chad and Jared Moldenhauer developed it from their Ontario homes in 2013.

Game streaming is being touted as the industry’s future, but while Google’s recent test with a single-player game showed the tech’s potential, fast, competitive games throw up a lot more hurdles.

• Social network considered measures reducing chances of children running up bills on parents’ credit cards without them knowing, but did not apply them.

The State Administration of Press and Publications has now approved a total of 352 new game titles since March last year

After a nine-month freeze, regulators have approved a total of 257 video games to be published in China