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China’s ByteDance in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE

December 23, 2020 News Centre 0

China’s ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group in moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth. Read more…

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China grants license to South Korean mobile game raising hopes

December 4, 2020 News Centre 0

China has granted a license to a South Korean mobile game, raising hopes of an improvement in the two countries’ relations. Read more…

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Tencent slashes games marketing budget, sources claim

November 9, 2018 News Centre 0

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant Tencent is cutting the marketing budget for its key gaming division, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, amid a crackdown on the industry in the mainland and a lengthy Read more…

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Tencent loses $20b in market value over games crackdown

September 3, 2018 News Centre 0

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings’ market value slumped by around $20 billion on Friday after China intensified a crackdown on online gaming citing rising levels of myopia, heightening regulatory risks for companies in the Read more…

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Women coders in Afghanistan develop apps targeting opium and inequality

May 10, 2018 News Centre 0

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Think Super Mario Bros, but with an Afghan twist. This is how Afghanistan‘s first generation of female coders explain their abilities as game-makers after uploading more than 20 games on digital app stores this Read more…

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Q: What is China’s hot new mobile craze? A: Quiz shows

January 24, 2018 News Centre 0

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – It seems like a game everyone wins: some of China’s biggest tech companies, looking to hook in new consumers, are using cash prizes to draw millions of contenders to mobile-based online quiz Read more…

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Honour of Kings could boost Tencent’s Q1 revenues 50%: analysts

August 16, 2017 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – With as many active players as the population of Germany, the Honour of Kings mobile game will likely help boost Tencent’s quarterly revenue by about 50%, shrugging off play-time curbs imposed Read more…

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Rovio revenues still getting a boost from Angry Birds movie

August 16, 2017 News Centre 0

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish mobile games and animation studio Rovio Entertainment said on Tuesday its sales in the first half of the year almost doubled following the success of “The Angry Birds Movie.” First-half revenue Read more…

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Rumor: Tencent to export “Honour of Kings” to EU and US

July 10, 2017 News Centre 0

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings will launch its mega-hit smartphone game “Honour of Kings” in the EU and United States this year, a person familiar with the plans said, amid a backlash Read more…

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Tencent shares hammered as People’s Daily slams “Honour of Kings”

July 5, 2017 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese communist party mouthpiece People’s Daily stepped up its criticism of a mobile game developed by Tencent, a day after the country’s top gaming and social media firm said it is Read more…

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Tencent to impose time limits for kids playing “Honour of Kings”

July 4, 2017 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent, China’s biggest gaming and social media firm by revenue, said it will limit play time for some young users of “Honour of Kings”, responding to complaints that children were getting Read more…

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3 HK aims to boost gamer cred with Gash points card

June 8, 2017 News Centre 0

3 Hong Kong and regional digital entertainment payment platform Gash Point have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a co-branded game points card. The game points card – which Hong Kong gamers can Read more…

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Netmarble Games IPO debut tripped up by regulator ban

May 15, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – Netmarble Games stumbled in its market debut on Friday as a regulatory ban on minors playing its mega-hit game spooked some investors who had clamored to buy into the success of the Read more…

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Tencent’s AI advantage: gaming AI isn’t all that difficult

March 24, 2017 Richard Windsor 0

Tencent is finally jumping into artificial intelligence (AI), and while experience and time matter when developing meaningful AI, Tencent’s advantage is that it’s not very difficult to create good algorithms for the vast majority of Read more…

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It’s SK Telecom’s turn to partner with Niantic for Pokémon GO

March 21, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

SK Telecom has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Niantic to promote the augmented reality game sensation Pokémon GO by turning SK Telecom’s 4,000 authorized retail stores into PokéStops or Gyms. Also, new and Read more…

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Pokemon Go is no longer a threat to South Korea’s national security

January 25, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – Nintendo’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps. The Read more…

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Super Mario Run sets download record but unlocking fee turns off gamers

December 22, 2016 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first Mario smartphone title, has set a download record but gamers balked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers’ stock Read more…

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China’s e-sports industry – big in 2016, huge in 2017, says IDC

December 15, 2016 News Centre 0

China’s e-sports games revenues are expected to exceed RMB50 billion (around $7.3 billion) for 2016, up more than 50% from 2015 thanks to the increasing popularity of tournaments as more organizers and players jump on Read more…

Pokémon GO
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Reliance Jio partners with Niantic to bring Pokémon GO to India

December 14, 2016 News Centre 0

Pokémon GO is finally coming to India via Reliance Jio, who has struck a partnership with game developer Niantic to launch the augmented reality game in India. With this partnership, thousands of Reliance Digital Stores Read more…

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eSports is apparently a thing – and it will be a huge thing in 2017

December 12, 2016 Alex Leslie 0

When the top prediction for 2017 involves something you have never even heard of you have to start worrying about age, mental health, that kind of thing. eSports, it turns out, will be huge next Read more…

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