Fortnite returns on iPhones in EU, globally on AndroidFortnite is back on iPhones in the EU and Android devices globally after a four-year hiatus. Epic Games re-launched the game following the ...
16 Aug, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
Nodwin Gaming acquires Germany's Freaks 4U Gaming for Rs 271 croreNodwin Gaming expanded its portfolio through acquisitions like Branded and Ninja Global. Collaborating with Freaks 4U Gaming on projects li...
28 Jun, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
Alibaba leads record $1 billion investment in Chinese AI firm MoonshotFounded in March 2023, Moonshot AI is among the better-known startups developing generative artificial intelligence in China, hoping to eve...
27 Feb, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
China announces rules to reduce spending on video gamesThe new rules, which will effectively set spending limits for online games, sparked panic among investors, wiping off nearly $80 billion in...
23 Dec, 2023, 12.33 AM IST
EU regulators extend deadline for Microsoft, Activision deal to April 25Last month, Microsoft Corp struck a 10-year deal to bring Activision games to Nvidia Corp's gaming platform, if the Xbox maker is allowed t...
02 Mar, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
How Microsoft is addressing antitrust concerns over Activision dealMicrosoft announced the Activision bid in January last year, its biggest ever, to boost its firepower in the booming videogaming market and...
23 Feb, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
Explainer: How Microsoft is addressing antitrust concerns over Activision dealMicrosoft has thrown the gauntlet down over antitrust criticisms, saying on Tuesday it is ready to offer rivals licensing deals in exchange...
23 Feb, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
Microsoft's president to push Activision deal at EU hearing; Google, Nvidia also presentThe hearing will allow Xbox maker Microsoft to gauge the mood among senior EU and national competition officials and Commission lawyers ahe...
21 Feb, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Microsoft to defend Activision deal at EU hearing on February 21The company asked for the hearing after receiving a statement of objections from the European Commission warning about the possible anti-co...
14 Feb, 2023, 11.47 PM IST
Tencent Q3 Results: Revenue down 2% year on year to $19 bnTencent said domestic video games in particular saw a 7 percent decrease in the three months ending September 30, "as transitional industry...
16 Nov, 2022, 08.18 PM IST
Tencent Q3 Results: Revenue down 2% year on year to $19 bnThe Hong Kong-listed company, which is the world's top video game maker and the owner of popular super-app WeChat, posted revenues of 140 b...
16 Nov, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth: sourcesTencent told Reuters the company had been investing abroad for a long time - "long before any new regulations" in China. It looks for "inno...
01 Oct, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Tencent buys stake worth $264 million in Flipkart from Binny BansalThe transaction was completed on October 26, 2021 and was shared with the government authorities at the beginning of the current financial ...
12 Jun, 2022, 02.16 PM IST
Mutual benefitFrom Groww foraying into mutual funds to Amazon vaccinating its frontline workers in India and Bytedance taking Tencent to court, here's a ...
11 May, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Tencent's Timi gaming studio generated $10 billion in 2020, sources sayThe $10 billion would make Timi the world's largest developer, the sources say. It also provides a hefty basis for its ambitions to move be...
02 Apr, 2021, 12.53 PM IST
Trump ban on top messaging app risks snarling global businessThe White House’s vaguely worded edict left a lot of open questions about how broadly the ban would be applied and the full ramifications f...
07 Aug, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
Koos Bekker’s fortune was founded on one investment in China’s TencentIn 2001 Naspers, the media group he chairs, put $32 million into a then-obscure Web company called Tencent. Its stake today is worth $66 bn.
21 May, 2015, 05.39 AM IST