Tencent has opened an internal beta for E-Ciyuan, its first AI game-companion agent, which reads the screen in real time and talks to players. It arrives as AI companionship shifts from novelty chatbots toward context-aware, multimodal products.
A free update has added the long-requested co-op mode to Stranded Island: The Fountain of Youth, an open-world survival adventure from developer Odinsoft and publisher Zhongdian Boya. The game is also 35% off on Steam and the Suguo store, dropping to 34 yuan.
In a post-match interview at the League of Legends World Championship, Chinese star TheShy said he hopes Korean mid laner Chovy finally wins a title, and argued cross-region matches help the game more than regional finals.
A Chinese strategy game guide lays out the most cost-effective way to level a roster to 48 using Xu Yu and Lu Xun, stored experience and high-level resource tiles. It's a window into how deeply players optimize these seasonal campaign modes.
Chinese CS2 team TYLOO were swept by TL at IEM Beijing, ending their home tournament, while Falcons fell to NAVI in the lower-bracket final. NAVI advanced to the playoffs after eliminating B8 and Falcons.
Riot's official Worlds 2026 prediction game has no perfect bracket left after the Swiss stage, with only three players worldwide nailing the full Swiss slate. The best score sits at 155 of 160 points.
IEM Beijing's first group day ended with Chinese side TYLOO beaten by MOUZ and Falcons swept by NAVI, while Black Panther staged a reverse sweep over FaZe. The tournament's opening results set up a brutal bracket for the home crowd.
Two years after T1 beat BLG 3-2 at London's O2 Arena to win a fifth League of Legends world title, the anniversary lands as Chinese fans confront a fresh loss at IEM Beijing. The ZOFGK era's last stand remains a defining esports moment for both regions.
A pairing that never existed in either classic novel — the Monkey King and the sickly poet Lin Daiyu — has exploded online, helped by AI tools. Fans are debating what happens when a private hobby collides with traffic, money and outsiders.
Chinese game studios are reading thousands of job listings for clues about their next hit, and the signals point away from anime-style gacha titles and toward social play. A new essay argues the industry's five-to-six-year cycle is turning again.
Chinese streetwear label Jikaos Industrial has released a 10-item collaboration with Phantom Blade Zero, the kung-fu-punk action game, timed to its unlock. The tie-up shows how Chinese game studios now treat merch as part of a launch, not an afterthought.
Phantom Blade Zero, the Unreal Engine 5 wuxia action game from Beijing studio S-GAME, has drawn attention less for its combat than for a thank-you list packed with rival developers, streamers and studio founders. Players are reading the credits as a map of who helped a Chinese AAA hopeful get made.
At the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships, Chen Yi swept Japan's Miwa Harimoto 3-0 to take the women's singles title, while Li Tianyang lost a five-game men's final to Tomokazu Harimoto. The results frame a rivalry between two young generations.
EA has shut BioWare, ending a 30-year run that produced Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age. Fans on Reddit are now cataloguing the roughly 20 games the studio made, including forgotten titles like a Sonic spin-off.
Capcom says unauthorized access to its Capcom ID service exposed details of over 11.7 million accounts, including email addresses and login records. The company has blocked the intrusion and is still investigating the full scope of the leak.
A Capcom US Halloween promo has fans dissecting clues they believe point to a Resident Evil Code Veronica remake and Chris Redfield's return. Capcom has confirmed nothing, but the trailer's T-shirt badge, background characters and a French voice line have revived a long-running rumor.
Riot's Valorant Champions Tour has confirmed 32 partner teams across four regions for a two-year 2027 cycle, each region getting eight slots. The shake-up hit hard: Korean side DRX, left off the list, announced that its entire coaching staff and roster would depart.
A Japanese celebrity player says the newest Fire Emblem game may be his favorite in the series, precisely because money is tight and recruits are slow to join. The struggle, he argues, is what makes the payoff feel earned.
Popular Chinese Hearthstone streamer 'Dog Thief' disappeared from the internet for nearly two years, reportedly entangled in a gambling investigation. Now rumors say he has been released from prison, but whether he will ever stream again remains unclear.
A Japanese pro player's complaint about overseas fans pirating Tekken 6 has ignited a debate about abandoned games. With the title no longer sold digitally, players say they have no legal way to play, while critics insist that does not justify piracy.
CD Projekt Red has pushed patch 5.01 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2, sharpening image quality, adjusting resolution and lighting, and fixing a crash that struck when players moved between regions.
As the 2026 World Championship kicks off in Texas, Chinese League of Legends stars are weighing life after the record salaries of the LPL boom years — and some are simply walking away.
The 2026 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage ends with a single best-of-five between KC and MVK, with the winner taking the last Swiss-stage berth. The draw for the Swiss round follows immediately.
Bethesda's MMO is opening solo versions of two fan-favorite dungeons on October 22, giving lone players a new way into encounters usually built for groups. The Wolfhunter DLC that introduced them also goes free to all players on October 19.
A former nurse named Zhang Shuihua has become a viral running sensation in China after clocking a marathon time of two hours and 29 minutes, close to Asian Games podium pace. Her unlikely career change is sparking debate about talent, amateur sport and the price of chasing a dream.
Tokyo studio C#4R4CT3R has launched a three-hour Steam demo for Rain98, a lo-fi psychological thriller unveiled at The MIX Fall Game Showcase, giving players an early taste of its text-driven mystery.
From a homeland zombie survival shooter to a four-player drink-shop sim, Chinese developers are making a loud October push across Steam and consoles, mixing horror, co-op and cozy building into one packed release season.
A Chinese interview with the RED LAND team behind Persona 4 Revival explores how a full remake of the cult PlayStation 2 classic aims to feel modern without losing its style. The game's release is described as close.
A Chinese tea brand, LINLEE, has launched a cross-over with World of Warcraft as the game marks 22 years, turning a fantasy battlefield into a reason to meet up over drinks.
Rockstar has released the launch trailer for GTA 6, set in the sun-soaked state of Leonida and scored by French electronic duo Justice. The game arrives in just over a month, with Jason and Lucia at the centre of a sprawling crime story.
Team WE beat Korea's BRO 3-2 in the Demacia Cup semifinal, becoming the first Chinese League of Legends side other than BLG in 1,076 days to win a best-of-five against a Korean team.
A longtime fan of Age of Empires, unable to play the classic strategy game on his phone, used AI tools to build a stripped-down mobile version and shared it with a Chinese forum. The project is a small window into how hobbyists now make games for themselves.
The executive producer and PR manager of Grounded 2 will fly to Beijing for Nuclear Fusion 2026, a two-day fan convention on October 24-25. They recorded a video greeting for Chinese players ahead of their booth appearances.
A new Bloomberg report reveals how Rockstar North studied real Miami nightlife and police patrols to build the fictional state of Leonida. The same interviews confirm that GTA 6's original design was far larger than the version now in development.
Sega's re-release of the classic strategy game Total War: Shogun 2 arrived on October 13 with new visuals and full Chinese voice acting, but only 18 percent of Steam reviews are positive. Players blame AI-generated art, bugs and poor optimization.
A viral WeChat screenshot claims a Chinese gamer divorced his wife after a bet over buying GTA 6 went wrong. The story has exploded online as the game's release approaches.
Battlefield 6's fifth season has launched with two new maps, Las Vegas Boulevard and Area 51, plus a fast-paced battle royale mode and a Dead Space crossover. The developers won't say whether Area 51 hides Easter eggs.
At the 2026 Demacia Cup international invite, three of the four semifinalists are Korean LCK teams while only WE carries China's LPL banner, after BRO eliminated LGD in a reverse sweep.
Anonymous sources say Rockstar plans a PC release of GTA 6 in the first quarter of 2027, months after the console launch. If true, it would be the studio's shortest gap between console and PC for a major title.
Three fan projects — a melting-clock tribute to Salvador Dali, the pirate ship from Hook and the giant robot from The Incredibles — each passed 10,000 votes to reach official Lego review. Winning designs can become real sets sold worldwide.
