Spring Festival data shows just how much Chinese love their smartphones

For Chinese people, Spring Festival is all about seeing family and celebrating the new year, but it's also the optimal time for using screens. Have you…

Analyse Asia 225: Tencent’s gaming empire & Honour of Kings with Matthew Brennan

Editor's note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, techn…

Honour of Kings opens for pre-registration in North America with name “Arena of Valor”

Tencent's top-grossing game Honour of Kings has opened for pre-registration in North America with its rebranded overseas version, "Arena of Valor", to …

China’s smash-hit mobile game Honour of Kings is coming to Nintendo Switch

Chinese tech giant Tencent is bringing its blockbuster game Honour of Kings to Nintendo Switch platform. The free-to-play MOBA game will receive a beta…

China Tech Talk 18: China’s gaming and e-sports industry with Daniel Ahmad

This week Matt and John talk with Daniel Ahmad, an analyst at Niko Partners about: The uniqueness of China's games market The size of the e-sport…

WeChat nears 1 billion users

It seems that Chinese people’s love for WeChat has almost no limits as the app’s monthly active users is quickly nearing the billion-level. Tencent's i…

China Tech Talk 14: Tencent’s OTHER killer app

This week Matt and John talk about Honor of Kings aka Strike of Kings aka Arena of Glory, Tencent's uber popular mobile multiplayer game, including: …

The People’s Daily criticizes Tencent’s Honour of Kings… again

The state newspaper People’s Daily criticized Tencent's mobile game "Honour of Kings" again, publishing an opinion article headlined "Do not let online…

World’s top-grossing game Honour of Kings is coming to Europe and the US

The world’s most profitable game Honour of Kings (officially titled "Strike of Kings" and sometimes referred to as "King of Glory")  is about to hit th…

Tencent responds to criticism of Honour of Kings: “Game is not a disaster”

Editor’s note: A version of this post by Liao Shumin first appeared on Yicai Global. Tencent Holdings Ltd. [HKG: 00700] share price plunged over fou…

World’s top grossing mobile game debunks gender stereotype

Juan hastily pulls out her phone as soon as she finishes with lunch. Instead of taking a noontime nap as she used to, Juan is messaging her friends on …

Tencent’s megahit Honour of Kings becomes world’s top grossing game

Tencent Tech is reporting that blockbuster multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Honour of Kings has overtaken Monster Strike this May to become …