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Honour of Kings

Honour of Kings
Honour of Kings is a fantasy role-playing multiplayer online battle game made by Chinese internet giant Tencent.
Esport player Chen Zhengzheng, better known as Cat. Photo: QQ.com
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Honor of Kings great ‘Cat’ reflects on his past and future in esports

Chen Zhengzheng, legendary competitor in Tencent’s top mobile game, looks back and forward as he transitions to coaching at 28.

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Tencent’s game studio eyes global growth with Honour of Kings spin-off

Video gaming

Tencent’s Honor of Kings spin-off gets green light from Chinese gaming regulator

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Tencent beats estimates with 47% profit jump, driven by video gaming

Video gaming sales, traditionally Tencent’s strongest revenue driver, grew 14% in the domestic market.

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The Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China’s southern Guangdong province. Photo: AFP
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Tencent profit jumps 82% on back of strong video gaming, ad growth

Tencent’s profit grew to US$6.6 billion in the second quarter, while revenue rose 8 per cent to US$22.5 billion.

Esports

Stanley Ho’s youngest son Mario leads first listed Chinese company in esports

NIP Group chairman Mario Ho, 29, has become the youngest founder of a Nasdaq-listed company in Asia.

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Tencent pulls DnF Mobile from app stores of Huawei, Oppo and Vivo

The move comes less than a month after hit video game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was launched by Tencent Holdings on the mainland.

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Action role-playing game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has become a runaway hit for Tencent Holdings. Photo: SCMP
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Stanley Ho’s youngest son Mario prepares for China’s first esports IPO in the US

Co-founded by Mario Ho, NIP Group aims to become the first listed Chinese company in the esports industry.

Tencent

Tencent sharpens focus on ‘evergreen’ video games in mainland China

The strategy takes into account the broad transformation in China’s video gaming market, which is maturing, according to Tencent senior vice-president Steven Ma.

Video gaming

Tencent’s DnF Mobile rises as new runaway hit for video gaming giant

As of Tuesday, Tencent’s Dungeon & Fighter Mobile remained at the top of free-to-download games on Apple’s China App Store.

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The strong performance of Dungeon & Fighter Mobile provides a much-needed shot in the arm for Tencent Holding’s video gaming business on the mainland. Photo: SCMP
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Tencent-backed video game live-streamers deny fresh merger rumours

Douyu and Huya say they have no plans to merge after a failed attempt in 2020, but they are collaborating as Tencent prepares to allow its top games back on rival platform Douyin.

Tencent-backed Huya is one of China’s leading video game live-streaming platforms. Fresh rumors have emerged about a merger with Douyu, also backed by Tencent, but regulators quashed a similar plan in 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s internet giants must step up opening their ‘walled gardens’: state media

The call to break more digital barriers in China’s internet industry comes days before Tencent’s flagship video game, Honour of Kings, returns to ByteDance-owned Douyin’s live-streaming platform.

Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook makes second China visit in 2023 amid tough iPhone 15 market

Cook’s latest China trip comes at a time when Apple’s iPhone 15 series is facing stiff competition from Huawei’s new 5G handsets.

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Video gaming

Chinese teams dominate in esports matches at Asian Games despite Beijing’s harsh policies

Chinese teams won four esports gold medals out of seven matches at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, providing a morale boost for gaming fans who are miffed by Beijing’s hostility towards the industry.

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Fans watch the Arena of Valor Asian Games final at the venue in Hangzhou on September 26, 2023. Photo: Reuters
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Why China esports gold at Asian Games is unlikely to see Beijing relax limits

Despite esports gold at Asian Games, Chinese video gamers see little prospect of an overall sea change in Beijing’s tough approach to governing the industry.

China win Arena of Valor gold at Asian Games in Hangzhou. Photo; Xinhua
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China take home first esports gold at Asian Games in Arena of Valor victory

The undefeated Chinese team cleaned house in the Tencent mobile game, an international version of Honour of Kings, with a 2-0 victory over Malaysia.

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Tencent to develop mobile version of hit anime game Blue Protocol

The Chinese gaming giant is ramping up its gaming investments in places like Europe, Japan, and South Korea amid difficulties at home.

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Alibaba

Alibaba to live stream Tencent’s flagship game in rare collaboration

China’s two largest tech giants are joining forces, as the local competition to attract eyeballs heats up amid a slowing economy.

Boys playing Tencent’s Honour of Kings in a shopping mall in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
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Tencent replaces chairman at game live-streamer Huya amid increased competition

The executive shuffle is expected to bring greater synergies between Tencent’s video gaming and live-streaming businesses.

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Tencent unveils over 30 video game updates, new titles amid market turnaround

At its annual Spark conference, Tencent asserted its commitment to create technologically advanced games, which underscores how mainland China’s video gaming market is fast emerging from a downturn.

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Tencent, ByteDance vie for growth with new apps after tech crackdown

Tencent has launched a social media app targeting online gamers, while ByteDance has introduced a medium- and long-form app.

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A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance’s app TikTok, known locally as Douyin. Photo: Reuters
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China’s top video gaming firms pledge to promote nation’s culture, social values

Tencent Holdings, NetEase, Perfect World, miHoYo, Lilith Games and 37Games assert the video gaming sector’s positive impact on Chinese society at an industry conference this week.

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A decline in sales last year, the first drop in at least two decades, has not discouraged China’s video gaming industry from sharpening its focus on social values. Illustration: Shutterstock
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Genshin Impact bags US$4 billion, landing it among most successful mobile games

Genshin Impact’s success has showcased potential for Chinese mobile games to win over global players amid sluggish domestic market.

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Video gaming

Tencent and ByteDance’s Moonton get court date for latest infringement battle

Moonton alleges that Tencent infringed on the intellectual property, adding to open disputes between the two companies that have grown in intensity amid an industry crackdown.

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China’s mobile game sales sink to new low despite summer holiday

China’s video game sales in the third quarter plunged to their lowest since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Young Chinese mobile gamer. Photo: Imaginechina via AFP
Video gaming

Tencent wins first China video game licence after 15-month drought

Approved title is Health Defence Battle, a small mobile game operated by Tencent subsidiary Nanjing Wangdian Technology.

Tencent office in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
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Tencent looks overseas for new video gamers as home market cools

Tencent, operator of the world’s largest video gaming business by revenue, is pivoting overseas, as the home market cools under strict regulations.

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China’s Tencent, miHoYo stay on lofty perch with world’s most lucrative mobile games

Tencent’s Honour of Kings and PUBG Mobile, and miHoYo’s Genshin Impact were the three highest-grossing mobile games in the first half of this year.

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