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China's NetEase is entering the cloud games sector News Dec 6th, 2019

China's NetEase is entering the cloud games sector

38 mobile titles on the platform at the moment with PC support coming soon

Chinese games firm NetEase invests in Bossa Studios News Nov 29th, 2019

Chinese games firm NetEase invests in Bossa Studios

Company now has a minority stake in the Surgeon Simulator company

Tencent looking to expand video games portfolio after results fall short News Nov 20th, 2019

Tencent looking to expand video games portfolio after results fall short

Chinese firm upping its localisation business, too

Steam is having a sale for China's Single's Day News Nov 11th, 2019

Steam is having a sale for China's Single's Day

Event running for 48 hours

Overwatch boss Kaplan says Blitzchung punishment was "too harsh" News Nov 11th, 2019

Overwatch boss Kaplan says Blitzchung punishment was "too harsh"

“I’m obviously a huge supporter of free speech; it’s something that’s very important to me"

Hearthstone director says he wishes Blizzard had handled Blitzchung situation differently News Nov 7th, 2019

Hearthstone director says he wishes Blizzard had handled Blitzchung situation differently

“We saw [the resulting controversy] less as associated with our game and more as associated with our company."

China's game regulator publishes new guidelines to protect children News Nov 6th, 2019

China's game regulator publishes new guidelines to protect children

New limits on time and money spent on with this hobby

Blizzard boss Brack says company is "big believer in free expression" News Nov 4th, 2019

Blizzard boss Brack says company is "big believer in free expression"

Follows situation that escalated from pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player being banned

Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold News Oct 23rd, 2019

Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold

Chinese regulatory filing rules once again confound RuneScape fans

Riot corrects message filtering issue that banned name of Muslim group News Oct 22nd, 2019

Riot corrects message filtering issue that banned name of Muslim group

"Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason"

Bipartisan US politicians slam Activision Blizzard over Blitzchung ban News Oct 21st, 2019

Bipartisan US politicians slam Activision Blizzard over Blitzchung ban

“Your company claims to stand by ‘one’s right to express individual thoughts and opinions,’ yet many of your own employees believe that Activision Blizzard’s decision to punish Mr. Chung runs counter to those values"

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics News Oct 15th, 2019

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics

"We want to keep our broadcasts focused on the game, the sport, and the players"

Esports giant ESL wants to stay out of Hong Kong China discussions News Oct 14th, 2019

Esports giant ESL wants to stay out of Hong Kong China discussions

"We would like to suggest to not actively engage in the discussion, especially on social media"

Blizzard insists China ties played no part in the banning of pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player News Oct 14th, 2019

Blizzard insists China ties played no part in the banning of pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player

Firm wants esports tournaments to just be about the game and nothing else

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Borderlands 3, Seag Searchlight, Maximum's Modus publishing label and much more News Oct 14th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Borderlands 3, Seag Searchlight, Maximum's Modus publishing label and much more

At the start of each week, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the last seven days

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