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January 2021

Tencent's empire shows cracks, Steam China, Playtika goes public, US targets foreign games, Yoozoo boss poisoned by coworker, Honor of Kings…
The first issue of China Games News Roundup in 2021 is here!
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
Top 10 articles on games in 2020 as written by top investors, columnists, and journalists in the biz
Here are my picks of 2020's best gaming articles as appeared on WaPo, NYT, Bloomberg, FT, VentureBeat, PolyGon, a16z, GamesIndustry.biz, and others.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
Top 10 Chinese gaming stories of 2020 as written by me, out of my 188 stories last year.
Happy New Year! In 2020, I profiled miHoYo of Genshin fame, Tencent's Honor of Kings, Chinese game engine Cocos, ByteDance' expansion into games, and…
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩

December 2020

November 2020

Biden’s impact on games, Among Us clones, Q3 revenue, Next-gen in China, VPNs break Wild Rift, Hong Kong as a gateway, AAA firms' push into…
Also addressing a WSJ piece called If You Play Videogames, China May Be Spying on You.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
Genshin dethrones PUBG Mobile; LoL Wild Rift out in Asia; Moonlight Blade's historic start; Party Animal breaks Steam record; Steam China…
Genshin makes US$245m on mobile in the first month. Moonlight Blade made US$50m in 7 days. Party Animals saw 113k concurrent players. Records? What…
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩

October 2020

[Video] Who is Wang Xinwen 王信文 (Lilith Games) — People in China Games Series #1
The guy, snubbed by Tencent, created the first national hit on mobile, and the gaming industry was forever changed.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
Genshin makes history; Roblox's IPO and China plans; 50m pre-reg for COD Mobile in China; LoL Worlds in Shanghai -- China Gaming News…
A look into my new but pathetic live-streaming setup.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩

September 2020

Zelda with waifu; Boycotting Huawei/Xiaomi platform tax; Alibaba Cloud Gaming; BIGC2020 — China Gaming News Roundup
Jack Ma in 2010: I'd rather starve than make video games. Alibaba in 2020: Making US$537 million in 1H with just one game.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
US probes Riot and Epic; How Unity entered China; Next-gen console grey market; ByteDance's 1,000 new gaming hires — China Gaming News…
Prices for the PS5 have soared by nearly five times its recommended retail price in Hong Kong.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
Tencent and the metaverse; Possibly saving PUBG Mobile in India; China revokes game licenses; Female-focused games are big business -- China…
Peacekeeper Elite, or Game for Peace, is the Fortnite of China.
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Josh Ye 葉嘉栩
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