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South Korea’s T1 member Faker, or Lee Sang-hyeok, is seen on screen during the final of the League of Legends World Championship in Chengdu, southwestern China’s Sichuan province, on November 9, 2025. Photo: AFP
Video gaming

How League of Legends is still China’s top PC game after 15 years

Vital esports scene surrounding the game, developed by Tencent subsidiary Riot Games, helps maintain its popularity.

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Esports

Video | Third consecutive championship for South Korea’s T1

Esports

League of Legends world championship returns to China as esports sector grows

Video gaming

Chinese esports giant NIP sets global targets with Abu Dhabi expansion

Co-founder Hicham Chahine said a significant portion of NIP’s audience is now outside China, which he called a more ‘developed’ video gaming market.

Mario Ho Yau-kwan, the youngest son of the late Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun, became the youngest founder of a Nasdaq-listed company in Asia when his esports company NIP Group went public in 2024. Photo: X/ NasdaqExchange
Tencent

US blacklisting of China’s Tencent stokes fear of tech war escalation

Tencent’s addition to the Pentagon blacklist raises risks for further sanctions and trade restrictions on Chinese businesses, analysts say.

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China claims victory in esports as EDG team wins Valorant world championship

The Chinese team Edward Gaming won the country’s first world championship at the annual tournament for the shooting game Valorant on Sunday.

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Tencent

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.

Signage for Tencent Holdings outside the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen on April 17, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
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.

Esports

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.

Semiconductors

China’s ‘little Nvidia’ finds an edge with low-priced GPUs

US-sanctioned Moore Threads is catching the attention of Chinese gamers with performance they claim is on par with Nvidia for the older titles they love.

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Chinese video gamers are touting the advantages of the MTT S80 graphics card over Nvidia’s products owing to a steep discount for the card from Beijing-based start-up Moore Threads. Photo: Moore Threads Technology
Video gaming

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
Video gaming

South Korean esports league faces challenges in mainland China after Taiwan controversy

Tencent’s Huya live-streaming platform halted Chinese broadcasts of the new League of Legends season after a South Korean team referred to Taiwan as a country.

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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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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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A player from China’s esports team playing Arena of Valor Asian Games Version during the finals at the Hangzhou Esports Centre on September 26. Photo: Reuters
Tencent

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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World’s first Olympic Esports Week held in Singapore

June saw the city hold the inaugural event as it seeks to lead the region in the staging of gaming competitions and encourage further growth in its local scene

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Tencent

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.

Despite rising competition in China, video game live-streaming platform Huya has been on a spending spree to obtain the rights to broadcast major esports tournaments, including those based on League of Legends and Honour of Kings. Photo: Shutterstock
Video gaming

Tencent’s League of Legends spin-off wins Apple award in bright spot amid gloom

Tencent’s League of Legends Esports Manager won China Game of the Year in Apple’s 2022 App Store Awards, a rare international accolade for a Chinese title amid gloomy times for the sector.

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China misses world’s biggest esports tournament finals for first time since 2018

The semi-finals defeat of China’s JDG team at the 2022 League of Legends World Championship has renewed discussion about the impact of video gaming restrictions on the country’s esports industry.

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China’s rigid Covid-19 control measures put a damper on local esports market

Strict pandemic controls make it tough for esports tournament organisers to stage offline events, host audiences and communicate with various clubs in China.

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Strict Covid-19 control measures in China have made it a challenge for esports tournament organisers to hold live events where fans can cheer their favourite teams. Photo: Agence France-Presse
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Inside League of Legends creator Riot Games’ Los Angeles headquarters

League of Legends is a hugely popular online video game, and its creator Riot Games offered a glimpse into its headquarters, complete with free food and drinks, two cinemas and a huge games library.

League of Legends creator Riot Games’ HQ in Los Angeles has a free coffee shop Bilgewater Brew (above), named after a region where the game is set. Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Esports

Who is Faker, the ‘Unkillable Demon King’ of esports?

From high school dropout to League of Legends’ unanimous GOAT, here’s how 25-year-old Lee Sang-hyeok is defying logic once again as he eyes a record-breaking fourth world championship title.

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Netflix

Review | Arcane: Netflix animated show a treat not just for League of Legends fans

Netflix’s Arcane, set in the League of Legends universe, has a compelling narrative and characters and stunning animation that will delight fans of the game fans and draw in newcomers.

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Video gaming

League of Legends creator tops Squid Game on Netflix with animated series

Tencent-owned Riot Games wants to expand into other forms of entertainment for gamers, and the success of its first TV series on Netflix is a big step in that direction, the CEO tells the Post.

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A promo image for Arcane, an animated spin-off of the video game League of Legends. Image: Netflix
Video gaming

Explainer | Why does the Chinese government hate video games?

While often presented as another “spiritual opium” imported from the West, video games have become a big industry in China with global influence.

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Children play the video games on TVs at a shopping centre in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan province, on October 30, 2006. The Chinese government has long had an uncomfortable relationship with video games, and it ramped up restrictions for minors again this year. Photo: AFP
Video gaming

China’s big esports win boosts distressed gaming industry

CCTV and Xinhua, China’s top state media outlets, congratulate Edward Gaming on their League of Legends World Championship.

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Mobile gaming

Video | China esports team wins world championship

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