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NIP Group chairman Mario Ho Yau-kwan (front row, fourth from left), and his colleagues cheer during the bell-ringing ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York City, on Friday. Photo: X/ NasdaqExchange

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.

Stanley Ho’s youngest son Mario prepares for China’s first esports IPO in the US

Fortnite maker Epic gets US$2 billion from Sony, Lego owner

‘There won’t be shoot-outs’: Fortnite video game hosts show of art by Kaws

Fortnite is holding an in-game exhibition of Kaws’ works in a replica of London’s Serpentine Gallery; at the same time, the gallery is hosting his art in real life and in augmented reality.

US artist Kaws with his artwork Kaws What Party at a preview of his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP

Roblox, Epic Games’ setbacks in China indicate a splintered metaverse

Metaverse, seen by some people as the next iteration of the internet, could look very different in China than the rest of the world, said analysts.

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Fortnite creator Epic Games to appeal ruling in Apple antitrust case

US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers mostly sided with Apple, rejecting Epic’s claims that the iPhone maker is a monopoly.

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Apple’s App Store dealt major blow by judge in Epic antitrust case

US court orders tech giant to let developers steer consumers to external payment methods for mobile apps.

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Epic sued Apple in August 2020, after the iPhone-maker removed the Fortnite game from its App Store because the gaming company created a workaround to paying a 30 per cent fee on customers’ in-app purchases. Photo illustration: Reuters

South Korean lawmakers vote to curb Google, Apple commission

Politicians are considering an amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act, or ‘Anti-Google law’, which takes aim at app store operators with dominant market positions.

Judge pores over Apple’s app store rules as Epic Games trial ends

US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has indicated she would like to promote more competition, but without dismantling Apple’s commission system.

Apple store would be toxic mess without control, CEO tells Epic Games trial

Tim Cook defended the company’s tight grip on its online marketplace in a high-stakes case brought by the creator of Fortnite.

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends an event in New York in October 2019. Photo: AP

Apple, Fortnite developer Epic come out swinging in first day of trial

Epic Games alleges that Apple’s App Store has left users and developers ‘trapped’ in an anticompetitive marketplace.

Fortnite creator Epic Games says it is fighting Apple, the world’s most valuable company, on behalf of all developers. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Fortnite maker set for epic court fight with Apple over its App Store

Apple booted Fortnite from its online mobile marketplace last year after Epic released an update that dodged revenue sharing with the iPhone maker.

‘Chaotic, but a lot of fun’: gamer chat app Discord’s communities

Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord, a video game chat app, for US$10 billion as the software giant shops for assets that would provide access to thriving communities of users.

Fortnite’s Gen Z gamers feel socially cut off after Apple removes app

Fortnite, which has some 350 million players, has been a lifeline to the outside world for kids trapped at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The popular video game Fortnite by Epic Games. Photo: Reuters

Why Fall Guys is the perfect game for the coronavirus age

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been the hit of this summer, with more than two million players buying it since its August 4 release. Here’s why. Plus three other games worth playing.

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A screen grab of the video game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (2020) developed by Mediatonic, which has proved to be the perfect game for the coronavirus age. Photo: Mediatonic

Call of Duty takes on free-to-play Fortnite at its own game

Fortnite and other free-to-play video games dominate the US$120 billion digital games market. Call of Duty is entering the battle with a massive open world battle royale game that is free to play online.

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EA is still making an Apex Legends mobile game with a Chinese partner

Apex Legends was a huge hit in China, and Electronic Arts has been planning to bring the popular battle royale title to mobile for a year

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Fortnite teams up with TikTok to create an official dancing emote

Fortnite will select one dance shared on ByteDance’s TikTok with a contest-specific hashtag and turn it into a dancing emote in the game

Fortnite has incorporated a number of iconic dance moves like the Floss into the game. (Picture: Epic Games)

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

From Minecraft to Fortnite, how video games evolved in the 2010s

Gaming is the No.1 entertainment now, and the past decade saw milestone developments in storytelling and in-game elements. These are the titles that had the most impact in the 2010s.

Fortnite and NBA2K Online 2 are now on Tencent's cloud gaming service START

Tencent partners with Nvidia for START, a platform focusing on distributing PC and console games

It looks like FIFA Online 4, QQ Dance and Dance Age will be the next to join START. (Picture: Tencent)

Overwatch wins China lawsuit over game clones

Shanghai court fines makers of Heroes of Warfare and another Chinese game for copying Blizzard’s blockbuster shooter

American teen wins US$3 million at Fornite video game tournament

Kyle Giersdorf, 16, was one of dozens competing for US$30 million in total prize money at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Sunday.

Music industry takes aim at ‘Fortnite’ online game over song royalties

Changes to European copyright laws have potentially opened the door for online gaming to be a source of music royalty revenue for the first time.

China now has game that merges Pokémon Go and CryptoKitties into one

In the Tencent title, players can cruise around streets to catch virtual monsters, while rearing and trading cartoon kittens stored on a blockchain.

Screenshot from Tencent's augmented reality game Let's Hunt Monsters, where players can cruise around streets and catch hundreds of virtual monsters, much like in Pokemon GO. Photo: Screenshot

The great video game shake-up: a new world of experimentation

From streaming games to new subscription services to – gasp – not paying for new costumes and other extras, it’s all change in video game land, where new entrants like Google and Apple are introducing ideas not seen before.

Google’s upcoming Stadia game-streaming service will not be tied to specific hardware. Photo: AFP

China’s game approvals back on but poker and mahjong are out

The world’s biggest gaming market was once full of low-budget poker games

Game of Thrones game coming to China as regulator approves new foreign titles

The State Administration of Press and Publications licensed 30 online games based on foreign intellectual property.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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