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Hangzhou emerges as new tech hub with ‘Little Dragons’ like DeepSeek, Unitree

Hangzhou, the capital of China’s southeastern Zhejiang province, is rapidly gaining recognition as a leading technology hub in the country…

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China’s DeepSeek shocked the tech world. Can its home province do it again?

As China’s DeepSeek – a relatively recent entrant in a crowded field of companies producing artificial intelligence (AI) models –…

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NetEase cuts jobs in Shenzhen as first-person shooting game ‘underperforms’

NetEase, China’s second-largest video gaming company, has cut an undisclosed number of jobs involved in an “underperforming” project that will…

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China approves 117 video games in August, the most in 2024, amid Black Myth: Wukong mania

The NPPA has licensed a total of 850 domestic titles in the first eight months of this year, compared with…

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Black Myth: Wukong is a good omen for some, but small Chinese game developers see obstacles

The response has been so enthusiastic that it has raised the hopes of China’s video gaming industry about the prospects…

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Genshin Impact creator miHoYo’s co-founder sees AI revolution upending video-gaming jobs

The first type is the top 0.0001 per cent of “most insightful geniuses with the deepest understanding and exceptional design…

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No ‘feminist propaganda’? Censorship row hits Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong

But in the run up to the game’s release, video streamers reported receiving a document from co-publishers Hero Games warning…

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Black Myth: Wukong is increasing China’s appetite for AAA games, but next one could take years

The immense popularity of China’s first AAA title – an unofficial designation for games with large budgets and long development…

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Black Myth: Wukong’s popularity brings unexpected windfall, fame to low-profile developer

As Black Myth: Wukong took the global gaming community by storm, the low-profile studio behind China’s first AAA video game…

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China’s Black Myth: Wukong mania lifts sales of Sony’s PS5 console, other gaming hardware

The hit action role-playing game – developed by Tencent Holdings-backed studio Game Science and based on the classic Chinese novel…

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