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E3 2019 - Take-Two boss Zelnick hopes positive end to US-China trade war News Jun 12th, 2019

E3 2019 - Take-Two boss Zelnick hopes positive end to US-China trade war

Like everyone else, CEO sees China as a promising market

How Total War: Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running strategy series Success Story Jun 6th, 2019

How Total War: Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running strategy series

Creative Assembly chief product officer Rob Bartholomew and game director Janos Gaspar tell us all

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly News May 31st, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly

Follows a launch that broke a lot of records for the strategy franchise

Investment, fan feedback, growing the Polish games scene, China and much more: Here's what we learnt at Digital Dragons 2019 List May 30th, 2019

Investment, fan feedback, growing the Polish games scene, China and much more: Here's what we learnt at Digital Dragons 2019

On Monday May 27th and Tuesday May 28th, the Polish games industry descended upon Krakow's ICE Congress Centre for Digital Dragons 2019.

Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history News May 30th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history

"We knew we had something special with Three Kingdoms but the response from players has exceeded all expectations"

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts News May 28th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts

Creative Assembly’s latest strategy is bolstered by massive popularity China

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records News May 24th, 2019

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records

Chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says the franchise has finally broken Korea and China

NetEase sales shoot up to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019 News May 17th, 2019

NetEase sales shoot up to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019

Chinese publishing giant also knocking it out the park at home

Tencent game revenue declines slightly year-on-year in Q1 2019 News May 17th, 2019

Tencent game revenue declines slightly year-on-year in Q1 2019

Publisher is now clear of China's licensing freeze

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China News May 16th, 2019

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China

Epic joins Steam in operating a technically-not-legal digital storefront on the Chinese mainland

China’s PC gaming revenue dropped roughly $300M thanks to approval freeze News May 7th, 2019

China’s PC gaming revenue dropped roughly $300M thanks to approval freeze

Niko Partners has lowered forecasts for the sector after 2018 ground the industry to a halt

Chinese activists 996.ICU blast Tencent and NetEase for intense overtime policies News Apr 24th, 2019

Chinese activists 996.ICU blast Tencent and NetEase for intense overtime policies

But some industry leaders are pushing back, claiming workers who don't put in a daily 12 hours are unambitious

Tencent extends its digital lock age cap to 16 News Apr 23rd, 2019

Tencent extends its digital lock age cap to 16

Under-16s will now require parental consent and be limited to two hours play a day

Tencent is preparing to test another streaming platform Start in China News Mar 29th, 2019

Tencent is preparing to test another streaming platform Start in China

Appears to be separate to Intel Instant Play partnership

Tencent starts the road to recovery after a rocky 2018 with a $40bn boost in share value News Mar 12th, 2019

Tencent starts the road to recovery after a rocky 2018 with a $40bn boost in share value

The publisher’s share value has already grown 10 per cent in 2019 so far

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