Beijing is stepping up its defence of classic literature against AI misuse that it says could undermine and endanger China’s leading ideology. The Chinese government says AI’s “peculiar adaptations” from classic television dramas based on Chinese literature are “highly deceptive”. Like memes, these edited video clips are made largely for laughs and social media traction, … Read more
The NPPA has licensed a total of 850 domestic titles in the first eight months of this year, compared with 609 in the same period in 2023. A screenshot from Tencent Holdings’ action game Yirenzhixia. Photo: qq.com The large number of titles approved in August reflects the significant recovery in China’s video gaming market since … Read more
But in the run up to the game’s release, video streamers reported receiving a document from co-publishers Hero Games warning them to avoid topics including “feminist propaganda” or “politics” when they received a passkey to play the game, an email exchange showed. Gamers were also warned against any reference to “Covid-19”, “isolation” or “quarantine” – … Read more
He added that his bricks-and-mortar store on Tuesday received more than dozen inquiries about the PS5’s availability. Sony’s flagship store in Shanghai’s upscale Huangpu district on Tuesday saw its stock of six freshly delivered PS5 consoles quickly snapped up, as a stream of shoppers helped lift total sales that day above normal levels, according to … Read more
Black Myth: Wukong, China’s first AAA video game, has broken the record to become the most-played title of its kind on its first day of release on the digital games store Steam, marking a major milestone for the Chinese developers. The action role-playing game, developed by the Tencent Holdings-backed studio Game Science and inspired by … Read more
Hangzhou-based Game Science spent six years developing the game, which is the first in China to bear the industry’s informal triple-A classification, signifying a large-budget, high-profile game produced and distributed by well-known publishers. Not all of the interest in the game has been positive, with some misgivings expressed at gaming interest website IGN over claims … Read more
China’s first triple-A video game, Black Myth: Wukong, has emerged as a big hit more than two months before its official release, as initial domestic pre-orders were about 16 times oversubscribed as of Tuesday. An action role-playing game based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West published in the 16th century, Black Myth: … Read more
Several speciality brands have popped up recently. These three, based in the UK capital London, Vancouver in Canada, and Seattle in the United States, are making dumplings more accessible. Love Sum Dumplings, London Love Sum Dumpling’s multicultural product range, from Nepalese momos to Chinese shrimp dumplings. Photo: Love Sum Dumplings After she was named runner-up … Read more
