Chinese game live streaming IPO shows speed of development in the industry
Last Friday, Huya, the game streaming arm of YY, raised $180 million with its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The company offer…
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How gaming companies are coping with soured Sino-Korean ties
In March last year, South Korea allowed the US to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system on its soil. Since then, China…
Chinese millennial founders challenge the status quo by making companies for their generation
The decade from 1990 to 1999 marks an important part in China's history. China's "Open-door policy" from 1986 to 1990 brought a market economy and the …
Tencent rumored to invest 100 million in Indian fantasy sports platform Dream 11
Tencent is reportedly advancing talks with Mumbai-based fantasy sports platform Dream 11 on an estimated 100 million investment, according to Economic …
Alibaba props up its gaming unit by acquiring rights to Travel Frog
Alibaba is keen on cashing in the world's biggest market for video games—China. The company has signed a deal with Japanese Hit Point, the company behi…
Peking University opens first games industry course
Prestigious Peking University has opened a new course of studies in gaming this semester called 电子游戏通论 “The General Theory of Video Games” (our transla…
Tencent invests in two game streaming platforms in one day: Huya & Douyu
Chinese live-streaming platform Huya (虎牙) yesterday announced that it has pocketed $461.6 million in its series B financing round led by Tencent, marki…
The good, the kind of better, and the ugly: WeChat just announced 3 big updates to the platform
Latest WeChat updates that are going to make it even more ubiquitous.
Early access to Chinese mobile version of PUBG opens tomorrow
Tencent announced today that early access to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: Battlefield (绝地求生：刺激战场) will be available tomorrow (in Chinese). Battlefiel…
Video: Inside a Chinese girls’ e-sports team training spot
E-sports, or competitive video gaming, is quietly on the rise in China. We visited a training spot of KillerAngel, an all-female e-sports club, in Shan…
China’s new rules targeting ‘inappropriate’ online games send NetEase’s shares down
China’s leading internet portal and gaming company NetEase saw its shares drop by 3.23% on NASDAQ (in Chinese) on Thursday US time after Xinhua reporte…
Southeast Asia is a blue ocean for Chinese gaming firms: report
Like the mobile payment industry, China’s gaming market is a highly cleaned-up field, where Tencent and NetEase take a dominating 70% of the market. In…