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Crunch time for ByteDance's gaming ambitions Comment & Opinion Dec 8th, 2023

Crunch time for ByteDance's gaming ambitions

Big tech pulls back from gaming again

China’s app stores begin compliance with China’s latest regulations News Sep 6th, 2023

China’s app stores begin compliance with China’s latest regulations

Tencent and Xiaomi are among the app store owners now complying with the government’s regulations

Genshin Impact records lowest monthly revenue as Honkai: Star Rail soars News Jun 9th, 2023

Genshin Impact records lowest monthly revenue as Honkai: Star Rail soars

The success of Honkai: Star Rail saw the original smash hit game’s revenue drop to $53.8 million

Tim Cook represents Apple in visits to miHoYo and other Chinese partners News Apr 3rd, 2023

Tim Cook represents Apple in visits to miHoYo and other Chinese partners

Meeting creators behind games like Genshin Impact

ByteDance hits record revenue of $80bn, but at the cost of gaming? News Apr 3rd, 2023

ByteDance hits record revenue of $80bn, but at the cost of gaming?

Their latest figures has them head-to-head with fellow tech giant Tencent

49% of China’s gamers play on their phones News Mar 21st, 2023

49% of China’s gamers play on their phones

A new report analyses the world’s biggest mobile market

Tencent brings smash hit Merge Mansion to China in raft of new licences News Mar 21st, 2023

Tencent brings smash hit Merge Mansion to China in raft of new licences

The game is part of a slew of newly granted licences for a number of foreign titles

Persona: The Phantom X available for pre-order in China News Mar 17th, 2023

Persona: The Phantom X available for pre-order in China

The game is the first in the franchise released on mobile

Chinese games industry publishes draft of rules for self-regulation News Mar 14th, 2023

Chinese games industry publishes draft of rules for self-regulation

The rules aim to address problems in the industry such as copyright disputes and gaming addiction without the need for government interaction

The USA’s new trade restrictions are bad news for Nvidia News Mar 8th, 2023

The USA’s new trade restrictions are bad news for Nvidia

The restriction would impact Nvidia’s ability to do business with Huawei

China’s games sales fell 10.33% in 2022 News Feb 16th, 2023

China’s games sales fell 10.33% in 2022

China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association has revealed the sector’s struggles

China moves to increase restrictions on young gamers News Feb 14th, 2023

China moves to increase restrictions on young gamers

The country’s semi-official industry association has called for stronger limits, despite claiming to have fixed the issue of video game addiction

China approves 87 new game licenses News Feb 14th, 2023

China approves 87 new game licenses

Tencent, NetEase, and Alibaba are among the game makers to receive new game approvals

NetEase to disband Shanghai team following breakup with Blizzard News Jan 16th, 2023

NetEase to disband Shanghai team following breakup with Blizzard

A skeleton crew will deal with logistical issues in the short term

China takes steps to tighten grip on tech by acquiring 'golden shares' in Tencent and Alibaba News Jan 13th, 2023

China takes steps to tighten grip on tech by acquiring 'golden shares' in Tencent and Alibaba

By taking shares in the companies, Beijing can help guide future development

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