Tencent, the publisher of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in China, recently announced it has worked with local authorities to capture 15 suspects behind 2 bot program syndicates. These syndicates are accused of of both developing and selling bot programs for the popular…
Magic: The Gathering Arena – Tencent announces upcoming TCG for China players
With the English version of Magic: The Gathering Arena currently in Closed Beta phase, China’s gaming juggernaut Tencent announced it has signed a publishing deal with Wizards of the Coast to bring the PC online TCG to China. With competitor…
Fortnite – Tencent snaps up yet another battle royale game for local market
Following the announcements of Tencent signing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and H1Z1 for the local China market, it was revealed today that the internet giant has obtained the rights to publish Fortnite as well. This should not come as a surprise, seeing…
NetEase – Chinese developer preparing to sue copycats of their battle royale games
In a twist to the storyline, after PUBG Corp officially sued Chinese developer NetEase for cloning PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, NetEase today instead issued a statement claiming that it will begin to sue any studios which copied “creative features” found in Rules…
Tencent Holdings – Over USD 10 billion profit achieved for year 2017
Tencent Holdings Limited, the largest IT company in China, recently announced its financial results for the year of 2017. While you may have known its subsidiary Tencent Games, the company is also behind China’s top chat app (WeChat), online messenger…
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Tencent reveals 2 new functions for upcoming China server
Recently, Tencent Games confirmed that the upcoming China server of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will not share the same server with the Steam version. The publisher followed up by revealing 2 new buttons added on the lobby screen. First is “Report Feedback”,…
Swordsman X – Epic wuxia survival MMO set to launch in China this year
We first teased Swordsman X on our Facebook page, and today we are here to introduce more about the game. Swordsman X was first announced back in mid-2017, and it is developed by China-based Dream Game Studio using investment from…
NetEase – China gaming powerhouse reveals ambitious esports strategy
If you did not know, NetEase Games is Tencent Game’s closest rival in terms of revenue in China, also the long-term partner of Blizzard in the country. As such, NetEase recently held a media event to reveal its plans moving…
Knives Out – NetEase announces PC version is in development
NetEase is gradually getting famous for being the China developer which pushes out high quality clones of popular games. During an event held yesterday to reveal NetEase’s plans for 2018, around 7 new games based on the Battle Royale theme,…
League of legends – Asus invests USD 16 million in new China esports subsidiary
Republic of Gamers, otherwise known as ROG, is probably one of the most popular gaming brand in the world, covering everything from monitors to mouse, PC systems to laptops, and many more. A brand under IT heavyweight Asus, the company…
God Slayer – Quick look at new action CryEngine MMORPG from China
China developer and publisher ChangYou may not be as big in scale as Tencent or NetEase, but it has churned out some quality games over the past few years for its domestic market. Powered by CryEngine, God Slayer was announced…
Age of Wushu – New hidden faction arrives in China server for anniversary update
The China server for Age of Wushu got its massive 6th anniversary update today, with developer Snail Games introducing a new hidden faction, 神机营, or roughly translated as God Arms Camp. In real history, the soldiers of this faction are…
Teemo’s Adventure – Riot Games preparing to launch mysterious new game in China
As most gamers would have known by now, League of legends developer Riot Games is owned by Tencent, China’s biggest tech and games company (which also earned 51% of all domestic gaming revenue). Recently, the Chinese media caught sight of…
Tencent – Tech titan earned over 50% of China’s gaming revenue in Q3 2017
According to a research done by iResearch Global, the revenue of China’s online gaming market reached 63.54 billion Yuan (around USD 9.6 billion) in Q3 2017 (July to September), rising 6.8% compared with the previous quarter and surging 41.7% from last year.…