games and gaming
Videogame publisher EA delays launch of Battlefield 2042 by a month
Electronic Arts has pushed the worldwide launch of its “Battlefield 2042” by a month to Nov. 19, blaming the pandemic’s impact on game developers, the videogame p...
Chinese gaming stocks in freefall after regulators summon firms
Chinese gaming and media stocks including Tencent and NetEase fell a day after authorities summoned them and other gaming firms to ensure they implemented new rules for the sector.
China’s tech crackdown continues with curbs on online gaming for kids
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addic...
Singapore’s Shopee changes the game in Brazil’s e-commerce sector
Shopee took just two years to become Brazil’s most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce: in-app mi...
Roblox bookings miss Wall Street target as easing curbs hurt online games
Roblox Corp’s quarterly bookings missed market expectations, as easing restrictions slowed the pandemic-fuelled surge in spending for its games including “JailbreakR...
Zynga dives on bleak bookings forecast, acquisition plans
Zynga’s disappointing full-year bookings forecast due to a slowdown in gaming, and announcement of a potential acquisition worth over half a billion dollars dragged the mobil...
Tencent vows fresh gaming curbs after ‘spiritual opium’ attack zaps $60 billion
Tencent has said it would further curb minors’ access to its flagship video game, hours after its shares were battered by a state media article that described online games as...
Tencent tumbles after Chinese media calls online gaming “spiritual opium”
Shares of online gaming companies, including Tencent Holdings and NetEase Inc, tumbled earlier today after a Chinese state media outlet branded online gaming “spiritual opium...
Microsoft sees steady cloud growth after record quarterly profit
Microsoft Corp posted its most profitable quarter, beating Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings, as PC sales declines stemming from a global chip shortage were more th...
Wall Street: Netflix’s gaming foray will cost time and money
Wall Street analysts have welcomed Netflix’s planned plunge into mobile gaming, calling it a sensible move to keep users’ eyes on screens while worrying it would take s...
CD Projekt’s The Witcher mobile game debut hindered by technical issues
CD Projekt said that its mobile game “The Witcher: Monster Slayer” was now available to download after technical issues impacted its launch, in another glitch for the P...
Chinese antitrust regulator to block Tencent’s videogaming merger
China’s antitrust regulator is set to formally block Tencent’s plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu, three people familia...
Spotlight on Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft showcases upcoming games
Microsoft on Sunday showcased 30 upcoming games and said most of those titles will be available on its monthly subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.
GameStop lures Amazon talent with grand plans and no frills
GameStop’s Chairman Ryan Cohen made a point of doing away with corporate excess such as a company plane and used the allure of rebuilding the videogame retailer to recruit Am...