China seemingly drops proposed gaming restrictions that could have had worldwide implications for loot boxes, microtransactions and daily log-in bonuses The rules were to discourage obsessive gaming behavior GamesRadar · Jan 24, 2024
Tencent-ByteDance Ceasefire Holds With Honor of Kings Deal The agreement will allow the popular battle arena game to be streamed on Douyin in the wake of a longrunning tussle over copyrights Caixin Global · Jan 15, 2024
ByteDance in Talks to Sell Gaming Assets: TikTok Owner Seeks Change! Get ready for a gaming shakeup! ByteDance, the genius minds behind TikTok, are in talks with gaming giant Tencent and other companies to sell their gaming ... Top News · Jan 9, 2024
The CCP softens its stance on live service games after plummeting stocks, reportedly removes official responsible for the panic Draft rules drama. PC Gamer · Jan 3, 2024
Beijing reportedly removes a key official responsible for video games after the surprise release of draft rules wipes billions in value from the sector China may be doing damage control after it released new rules imposing limits on the country's massive video gaming sector, leading to a plunge in shares. Fortune · Jan 3, 2024
Baidu's ChatGPT Rival Ernie Bot Surpasses 100 Million Users US-based AI startup OpenAI's ChatGPT reached 100 million weekly active users in November last year. International Business Times UK · Jan 1, 2024
Chinese gaming sector in turmoil as regulators announce new proposals Measures include spending limits for online games and ban on rewarding players for logging in each day The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023
China softens latest video-game crackdown to mollify video game industry The industry regulator had proposed barring player rewards for livestreaming and for daily log-ins, but now says it will “carefully study” public views in response to the drafts. Fortune · Dec 27, 2023
Stock market today: Global shares climb, tracking advance on Wall Street World shares have advanced, tracking gains on Wall Street after markets there reopened following Monday's holiday The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023
China's Press Authority Approves 105 Online Games, Supports Industry China's press and publications authority approves 105 new online games, signaling support for the industry after recent investor losses. Creative future ahead! Top News · Dec 25, 2023
China OKs 105 online games in Christmas gesture of support after draft curbs trigger massive losses China's authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games, saying it fully supports the industry after newly proposed curbs caused massive losses for major game companies The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2023
'Beyond Our Borders': Vietnam Tech Firm VNG Takes On World Best VNG co-founder Le Hong Minh's first taste of international competition was as a gamer for Vietnam at an early e-sport tournament in South Korea. International Business Times · Dec 24, 2023
Shares in Tencent and NetEase plunge after Beijing surprises investors with new spending limits for video game players “This could be the beginning of the end of the smartphone game business model," warned one analyst. Fortune · Dec 22, 2023
China Unveils New Gaming Curbs, Sending Tech Stocks Tumbling China announced Friday another set of planned curbs on the amount of time and money that people can spend gaming online, triggering a share market sell-off in some of the nation's biggest tech giants worth billions of dollars. International Business Times · Dec 22, 2023
Top News · Dec 22, 2023 China's Proposed Guidelines Target Excessive Spending on Online Gaming China's draft guidelines to curb excessive spending on online gaming causes major plunge in stocks, signaling the ruling Communist Party's commitment to co...
Top News · Dec 15, 2023 DreamStar: Tencent's New Party Game Challenges NetEase DreamStar, a new shimmering party game from Tencent, has burst onto the scene, shaking the stars and striking some cosmic concern in rival NetEase's universe.
Caixin Global · Dec 15, 2023 Weekly Must-Read: In China, Hydrogen’s Star Rises As interest in the potentially environmentally friendly energy source grows, experts say cost-effective green versions of the gas are a long way off
Fortune · Nov 22, 2023 Baidu reveals expectations-beating earnings and touts its new ChatGPT-like AI models, amid leadership chaos at U.S. competitor OpenAI Baidu took an early lead in the race to dominate China's AI sector with the release of ERNIE Bot earlier this year.
Windows Central · Nov 19, 2023 Xbox is on track to knock Sony PlayStation down to third place for the first time in history Microsoft has now acquired Call of Duty maker Activision-Blizzard, and the implications of that massive transaction are now coming into view. For the first time in history, Xbox is on track to leapfrog PlayStation in gaming software and services revenue.
Fortune · Nov 17, 2023 A series of bad news stories—including an abandoned cloud spin-off plan—wipe billions from Alibaba's market cap Alibaba blamed U.S. chip controls for its decision to abandon plans to spin-off its cloud computing unit as an independent company.
Fortune · Nov 15, 2023 The U.S.'s efforts to stymie Chinese chip production are not watertight As Biden and Xi meet at the APEC summit in San Francisco, a new report to Congress highlights the limits of the White House's chip export controls.
TechRadar · Nov 14, 2023 Remedy reveals plans to reboot project Vanguard to a premium game 'with a strong cooperative multiplayer component' Remedy Entertainment is rebooting project Vanguard to a premium game "with a strong cooperative multiplayer component".
GamesRadar · Nov 13, 2023 Remedy's mystery multiplayer shooter is ditching the free-to-play model and going all-in on co-op The rebooted project is now called Kestrel
PC Gamer · Nov 13, 2023 Remedy's free-to-play multiplayer game is going back to the drawing board for a 'reboot' as a premium game Codename Vanguard is out—Codename Kestrel is in.
Android Central · Nov 11, 2023 VR news of the week: Quest 3 Lite, Pico woes, SteamVR Theater, and a stacked November Everything you need to know about the world of VR this week, including Meta's plans to steal Pico's Chinese market, AAA game releases in November, and a cool new SteamVR trick.