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Pokémon Unite is a new five-on-five team battle game coming to Nintendo Switch and smartphones. (Picture: Tencent/The Pokémon Company)

Chinese gamers hate that Tencent turned Pokémon into a MOBA game

25 Jun 2020 - 7:33PM

Tencent’s Pokémon Unite is like League of Legends with Pikachu

25 Jun 2020 - 3:39AM

Players of China’s most popular game are training Tencent’s AI

6 May 2020 - 5:00AM

Honour of Kings

China’s biggest mobile game crashes during Labor Day holiday

Honor of Kings, the Chinese version of Arena of Valor, faced another outage as people turn to mobile games instead of traveling because of the coronavirus pandemic

1 May 2020 - 7:27PM

Honor of Kings was the second highest-grossing game worldwide in March, according to Sensor Tower. (Picture: Reuters)

League of Legends

Artist draws League of Legends and Pokémon on toilet rolls

Chinese ink artist draws game and anime characters on toilet rolls in Bilibili videos

2 Mar 2020 - 9:10PM

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

The world’s biggest online population is staying home and China’s internet can’t cope

Remote workers, online students and bored people overwhelm apps, games and streaming sites

20 Feb 2020 - 2:37PM

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Will Bayonetta maker PlatinumGames change after Tencent investment?

The company behind Nier: Automata and Astral Chain is Tencent’s latest gaming investment

16 Feb 2020 - 10:02PM

PlatinumGames has been widely hailed as one of the best action game makers. (Picture: Bayonetta 2/PlatinumGames)

Fortnite is 2019’s top-grossing game despite making no money in China

Tencent is still waiting for the Chinese government’s permission to monetize the two-year-old battle royale shooter

16 Feb 2020 - 7:26PM

From Call of Duty Mobile to Auto Chess, here are China’s 15 best mobile games

You might already know about PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor and Bright Memory, but there are many Chinese mobile games worth checking out

26 Dec 2019 - 12:00AM

How live-streaming site Huya uses mobile to beat its larger competitor at its own game

Huya is a popular game-centric live-streaming platform in China known for its strong presence in mobile esports. Backed by YY and Tencent, Huya is the main competitor to Douyu.

21 Nov 2019 - 10:05AM

How live-streaming site Huya uses mobile to beat its larger competitor at its own game

League of Legends

How smartphones are going to change League of Legends

League of Legends: Wild Rift is following the trail blazed by mobile MOBAs like Arena of Valor in China and Southeast Asia

18 Oct 2019 - 11:23PM

It takes a different set of skills to be good at mobile MOBAs. (Picture: Tencent)

League of Legends

Why the future of League of Legends is mobile

League of Legends: Wild Rift is taking the game to smartphones, but mobile MOBA games are already popular in China and Southeast Asia

17 Oct 2019 - 10:00AMvideocam

Players are dropping China’s most popular game

Honor of Kings and the MOBA genre are losing popularity following addiction fears and stricter regulations

20 Sep 2019 - 9:01AM

Can typing Winnie the Pooh really get you banned from Overwatch?

Turns out that even “Taiwan” is censored in the global version of PUBG Mobile

20 Sep 2019 - 8:59AMvideocam

A long-running meme compares President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama with Pooh and Tigger. (Picture on right: Xinhua)

China versus US: Who controls how long kids can play video games?

While China holds game publishers responsible, parents are left to their own discretion in the West

20 Sep 2019 - 8:58AM

China versus US: Who controls how long kids can play video games?

Forget Siri or Alexa, this smart speaker coaches you to play Arena of Valor

Here's an odd idea: How about a smart speaker that teaches you to play China's biggest game? Tencent released a smart speaker in the shape of a character from Honor of Kings, known as Arena of Valor in the West. It's a niche, sure, but with smart speakers struggling to find a use, perhaps something more targeted like this isn't a bad idea. (Though I'm going to be honest: This seems like a bad idea.)

20 Sep 2019 - 8:48AM

Arena of Valor is a decent game on Nintendo Switch but better on mobile

Tencent’s mobile esports title is the first MOBA on Nintendo Switch

20 Sep 2019 - 8:46AMvideocam

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China's most popular game Honor of Kings now has an AR function

Unsurprisingly for China, the AR feature comes with a warning against illegal activities

20 Sep 2019 - 8:46AM

Although the new feature has been launched in the Chinese version of the game first, the AR characters also come in a Christmas edition. Picture: Honor of Kings

TV shows and streaming video

China’s answer to Ninja fined US$7 million for switching streaming platforms

Ninja isn't the only streamer making big bucks. Haitao “Haishi” Jiang made more than US$1.5 milion last year streaming himself playing Arena of Valor. Then he moved on to a different platform. The problem? He signed a contract that barred him from jumping ship. Now he needs to pay a fine many times more than what he made. It shows just how much is at stake in China's live-streaming market, where hundreds of millions of viewers tune in each year to watch esports tournaments and game streams.

20 Sep 2019 - 8:46AM

Gamers say they can cheat Tencent’s ID check system in games

Under pressure to limit game addiction, Tencent check players’ IDs against a police database

20 Sep 2019 - 8:44AM

You’ll need to prove your age to play a Tencent game in China next year

PUBG Mobile and League of Legends equally affected, as it covers PC and smartphone games

20 Sep 2019 - 8:44AM

You’ll need to prove your age to play a Tencent game in China next year

Chicken dinner on MOBA? We played Honor of Kings in battle royale mode

Honor of Kings, known as Arena of Valor outside of China, belongs to a genre completely different from mobile hits like Fortnite and PUBG. But it hasn’t stopped Tencent from introducing a battle royale mode to their blockbuster game. It might be a good idea on paper, but is it actually fun to play? Josh's verdict: Yes and no.

20 Sep 2019 - 8:42AMvideocam

Chicken dinner on MOBA? We played Honor of Kings in battle royale mode

China's state media: Smartphone games are ruining rural children

“What can we do to wake them up from the illusion of mobile gaming?”

20 Sep 2019 - 8:42AM

Tencent, China’s social and entertainment giant

An online entertainment giant in China, Tencent operates the hugely popular all-purpose app WeChat -- and the hit game Arena of Valor. It also owns the companies behind Clash of Clans and League of Legends.

20 Sep 2019 - 8:08AM

Honor of Kings experiments with facial recognition to identify players

Tencent on edge after game addiction warning from Chinese state media

20 Sep 2019 - 8:40AM

Honor of Kings experiments with facial recognition to identify players

Gamers in China can’t play online games on Nintendo Switch anymore

Players were able to play Mario Kart 8 DX and Splatoon 2 online until the launch of paid service Nintendo Switch Online

20 Sep 2019 - 8:40AM

Gamers in China can’t play online games on Nintendo Switch anymore

Grand Theft Auto maker calls US-China video game trade unequal

Take-Two CEO calls on the the US government to intervene

20 Sep 2019 - 8:39AM

Tencent will check the age of Chinese gamers with the police

Tencent to match names of Honor of Kings players with police data

20 Sep 2019 - 8:38AM

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