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Hong Kong E-Prix winner Rosenqvist hospitalised after horror crash
Rosenqvist, who was Hong Kong E-Prix champion in 2017, appears to suffer a throttle jam as he ploughs deep into a tire barrier.
13 Jun 2021 - 5:23PM
Included with your next apartment: VR pods and esports arenas
11 Jun 2020 - 8:00AM
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Chinese esports superstar Uzi announces retirement at the age of 23
3 Jun 2020 - 10:00PM
Players of China’s most popular game are training Tencent’s AI
Honor of Kings is pitting players against an AI program named after the Monkey King in the name of science
6 May 2020 - 5:00AM
Esports matches resume in China with masked players and casters
Tencent’s League the League of Legends Pro League kicked off its spring split with online-only games
12 Mar 2020 - 3:54PM
Coronavirus moves major Chinese esports tournament from stadium to virtual space
King Pro League, featuring Tencent’s Honor of Kings, will be held online
18 Feb 2020 - 6:31PM
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Coronavirus fears lead PUBG and Overwatch leagues to reschedule China games
Two China-based Overwatch League teams are looking to relocate to South Korea
15 Feb 2020 - 1:21PM
China postpones its biggest esports tournament over Wuhan coronavirus
China reschedules its League of Legends Pro League games as the country shuts down to combat Wuhan coronavirus
16 Feb 2020 - 4:51PM
Esports gets its own 'FIFA' in Singapore with Tencent’s backing
The announcement comes after esports debuted as a medal sport in the 2019 SEA Games
17 Dec 2019 - 8:04PM
Razer CEO accused of threatening and publicly shaming employees
Former employees tell gaming news site Kotaku that Min-Liang Tan runs the company like a “dictatorship”
6 Dec 2019 - 6:02PM
How the founder of a high-flying game streaming site wound up in massive debt
Wang Sicong is the son of one of China’s richest men, but the collapse of Panda TV resulted in courts hitting him with spending limits
29 Nov 2019 - 9:00PM
They founded three hot tech companies, but now they’re on a country-wide blacklist
Founders of Ofo, LeEco and now Smartisan have to navigate China’s punishing debtor blacklist
12 Nov 2019 - 10:22AM
100 million watched China win second League of Legends championship
The championship games brought in more viewers outside China than last year, but fewer viewers than the semi-finals
12 Nov 2019 - 5:50AM
Chinese gamers think Blizzard supports them after vague apology
Blizzard president J. Allen Brack apologized at BlizzCon in the wake of the Blitzchung Hearthstone controversy, but it was vague enough for alternate interpretations
5 Nov 2019 - 12:51AM
The making of a mouse: Why Razer thinks gamers need an US$80 mouse
As it unveils the Razer Viper Ultimate, we visited the company in Singapore to discover how the original Viper was designed
22 Oct 2019 - 4:00PM
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
US gamers call for a boycott, but Blizzard has a huge fanbase in China
2 Jun 2023 - 3:08PM
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Hong Kong protests lead to cancellation of Street Fighter V esports tournament
Capcom Pro Tour cancels Hong Kong leg as esports industry takes a hit from unrest that has roiled the city
20 Sep 2019 - 9:10AM
Esports clubs are teaming up with Twitch-like streaming sites to enter China
TSM said it will develop a base in China by 2020 while Team Liquid signed a deal with Huya
20 Sep 2019 - 9:08AM
Trash talking with NBA 2K Golden State Gaming star Jin Choe
The Korean-American star says verbally assaulting your opponent is part of the game, much like real basketball
25 May 2019 - 9:38AM
Rise and fall of China’s Twitch a cautionary tale for investors
After Panda TV’s fall, game streaming in China is now dominated by internet giant Tencent, which also controls many other aspects of the country’s video games industry.
9 Apr 2019 - 7:00AM
Gamer made almost US$200,000 last year. He’s 14
Meet Griffin Spikoski, the new definition of a student ‘athlete’.
3 Apr 2019 - 3:41PM
China might be one of the best countries for women in esports
It turns out that recent Chinese victories in esports tournaments has inspired fans to take on the sports themselves, in a country where 30% of esports fans are women -- far higher than the US, where just 17% of esports fans are women. Female players are so common in China that there might be a different barrier: Streaming is so lucrative that some talented players are shunning esports teams to strike it out on their own. "You earn much more and there’s less pressure," says former pro Siqi "Nara" Chen.
20 Sep 2019 - 9:00AM
Game enough for new stuff? Elderly connect with young through e-sports
Senior Citizen Home Safety Association helps members take up unlikely hobby, which has given them a new take on life and keeps their minds active.
5 Jan 2019 - 11:03AM
China’s ten biggest esports moments of 2018
2018 was also a landmark year for esports in China, with teams from the country scoring notable victories in global competitions. But it was a performance on the completely opposite scale that gripped me: Shanghai Dragons going 0-40, completing a dismal season without a single win.
20 Sep 2019 - 8:49AM
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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 - 8:46AM
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Could China’s LPL become Nike’s first sponsored esports league?
Move comes after Chinese star Uzi became the first esports athlete featured in a Nike ad
20 Sep 2019 - 8:46AM
Global outrage forces game maker to reverse plans to censor Rainbow Six Siege for China
Ubisoft originally censored the game for China, but changed their mind after a backlash
20 Sep 2019 - 8:46AM
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