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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

An unofficial One Hour One Life mobile port is giving developer Jason Rohrer a world of hassle News Mar 6th, 2019

An unofficial One Hour One Life mobile port is giving developer Jason Rohrer a world of hassle

Rohrer takes ire with an uncredited Chinese port of his open source release

Humanity founds a new society at the top of the Steam Top Ten with Madruga Works' Dawn of Man News Mar 4th, 2019

Humanity founds a new society at the top of the Steam Top Ten with Madruga Works' Dawn of Man

This week's charts also mark a breakthrough for Chinese-exclusive Steam games

Taiwanese developer Red Candle temporarily pulls horror title Devotion from Steam following Chinese review bomb News Feb 27th, 2019

Taiwanese developer Red Candle temporarily pulls horror title Devotion from Steam following Chinese review bomb

Studio says this is due to technical issues but it will also be addressing the anti-Xi Jinping artwork present in the final release

Chinese publisher East2West opens its USA branch in San Francisco News Feb 20th, 2019

Chinese publisher East2West opens its USA branch in San Francisco

"Our current lineup, which will be announced shortly, is already impressive"

China blocking game releases again to clear 2018 game freeze backlog News Feb 20th, 2019

China blocking game releases again to clear 2018 game freeze backlog

As many as 5,000 games could be awaiting the greenlight

Report: Tencent claims 2018 was its best year yet for investments News Feb 20th, 2019

Report: Tencent claims 2018 was its best year yet for investments

122 of the 700-plus companies the Chinese tech and entertainment giant has invested in worth over $1bn

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China News Feb 15th, 2019

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China

The smell of battle royale success is in the air and the tech and entertainment wants to be a part of it

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