Blog Tag - gaming

Kapital Koopas: EDG Wins LOL World, Game Lets You Run Across Beijing, Retro Game Night at Nugget
Submitted on Nov 18, 2021
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas. The Champion...
Kapital Koopas: Games for Kids, or the Inner Child That Never Ages
Submitted on Jun 05, 2021
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas....
Kapital Koopa: G-Fusion Coming In A Month, Monster Hunter Tournament This Weekend
Submitted on Apr 23, 2021
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas. G-Fusion...
Glad to see you again, Mario: Nintendo comes back to Chinese market 16 years after its first attempt
Submitted on Dec 10, 2019
Video game fans throughout China will be desperate to get back home and online after work this evening, to take advantage of the launch of Nintendo's...
Wake Up, Meeple! These Are the Best Board Game Cafés in Beijing
Submitted on Oct 25, 2019
Chasing that high that only the roll of the dice can bring? No, we’re not talking craps, but we’re certainly not talking Monopoly either. If you’re a...
China’s Love-Hate Relationship With Gaming Won’t Stop It From Dominating the Industry
Submitted on Feb 20, 2019
China has long been ambivalent about technological change, attempting to reap the rewards of innovation while also protecting existing traditional...
Find Your Tribe in These 5 Lesser-Known Beijing Hobby Groups
Submitted on Nov 13, 2018
As a city of over 24 million, and China's cultural and political center Beijing may be many things, but it is never boring. There’s always some...
A Mini-Game About Balls Just Went Viral on WeChat
Submitted on Apr 26, 2018
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. WeChat released a new selection of mini-games in April, and there is one that is on...
Peking University Opens First Games Industry Course
Submitted on Mar 26, 2018
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Prestigious Peking University has opened a new course of studies in gaming this...
How to Play 'Hop Up', the Mini Game That's Taking WeChat by Storm
Submitted on Jan 23, 2018
You might have noticed that the smartphone zombies have been holding their phones nervously; eyes glued to their screens, thumbs busy pressing the...
Diaosi Meets Girl Power As Relationship Simulation Game Takes China by Storm
Submitted on Jan 02, 2018
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Who says gaming isn’t romantic? A female-targeted mobile game Love and the Producer (...
OlymPicks: Esports Tournaments Becoming Mainstream, But Officials Hedge Their Bets With Old-Fashioned Hockey
Submitted on Nov 06, 2017
Whatever happened to sports being for jocks, and video games being for geeks? Such misconceptions are proving to be especially outdated now, given...
Tech Check: Angry Birds Founder Peter Vesterbacka to Speak at Tech Junction in SLT, Sept. 8
Submitted on Sep 07, 2016
Tech Check is a weekly column that details the hottest technology news and trends. Have a tech related tip? Email or WeChat the author using the...
The Great Click Forward: PC gaming in China just got a whole lot better
Submitted on Nov 06, 2015
PC gamers rejoice! As of Wednesday, Steam – arguably the world’s largest PC gaming platform – has made the Renminbi the official payment currency for...
Beijing Entrepreneur, Japanese Porn Star Both Call BS on Viral Story
Submitted on May 22, 2015
The internet was all a-flutter last week when a story broke that a Beijing entrepreneur had hired a Japanese porn star to be his personal assistant...