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China's Tencent joins Nexon bid consortium with Netmarble News Feb 15th, 2019

China's Tencent joins Nexon bid consortium with Netmarble

Deal could be made official as soon as February 21st

Updated: Jagex insists potential sale by its Chinese owner will not affect won't affect RuneScape or Old School News Jan 26th, 2019

Updated: Jagex insists potential sale by its Chinese owner will not affect won't affect RuneScape or Old School

News of Fukong looking to exit comes less than three years after the Cambridge game specialist's purchase and after record profits in 2018

China's backlog of game approvals still holding up Tencent and NetEase News Jan 23rd, 2019

China's backlog of game approvals still holding up Tencent and NetEase

257 titles granted license for release since March 2018

Blizzard has extended its publishing partnership with NetEase until 2023 News Jan 11th, 2019

Blizzard has extended its publishing partnership with NetEase until 2023

NetEase will continue to publish Blizzard’s games in China for another four years

Another 84 games get through China's approval restart as regulators work through the backlog News Jan 10th, 2019

Another 84 games get through China's approval restart as regulators work through the backlog

84 new games have passed China’s video game approvals system for the second time since the freeze ended

Report: Tencent takes 36 per cent bite out of Warhammer Vermintide studio Fatshark News Jan 10th, 2019

Report: Tencent takes 36 per cent bite out of Warhammer Vermintide studio Fatshark

Chinese tech and entertainment giant lands its first games deal of the year

China approves 80 new games as market opens back up for developers News Jan 2nd, 2019

China approves 80 new games as market opens back up for developers

First 80 games approved for release in China since end of games freeze

China's game freeze is coming to an end News Dec 21st, 2018

China's game freeze is coming to an end

New licences set to be issued for fresh launches

Report: League of Legends, PUBG, Fortnite and Blizzard titles among projects reviewed by China's new Online Games Ethics Committee News Dec 12th, 2018

Report: League of Legends, PUBG, Fortnite and Blizzard titles among projects reviewed by China's new Online Games Ethics Committee

11 of the 20 titles submitted so far need 'corrective action' with the other nine deemed 'prohibited'

China now has an Online Games Ethics Committee News Dec 10th, 2018

China now has an Online Games Ethics Committee

Body designed to moderate the content of new titles against the societal guidelines in the region

NetEase will help launch Super Evil Megacorp’s Vainglory in China News Dec 7th, 2018

NetEase will help launch Super Evil Megacorp’s Vainglory in China

Mobile-exclusive MOBA is coming to PC, Mac and consoles in 2019

Niko Partners: Chinese premium games market to hit $1bn by 2022 News Nov 29th, 2018

Niko Partners: Chinese premium games market to hit $1bn by 2022

Sector to almost double from 2017's $580m

To the surprise of no-one, mobile game Diablo Immortal is being developed for the Chinese market News Nov 22nd, 2018

To the surprise of no-one, mobile game Diablo Immortal is being developed for the Chinese market

But Blizzard denies this

Sex, violence and gambling return to Rainbow Six: Siege after community backlash News Nov 21st, 2018

Sex, violence and gambling return to Rainbow Six: Siege after community backlash

International build reverting to old content.

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile News Nov 15th, 2018

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile

We hear mobiles are like PCs, only smaller

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