Industry Dynamics - The China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association released the "2025 China Esports Industry Report," indicating that the actual sales revenue of China's esports industry will reach 29.331 billion yuan in 2025, representing a year-on-year growth of 6.40%, the highest increase in nearly three years, suggesting a recovery in the industry's monetization capabilities [3] - Apple announced the winners of the 2025 App Store Awards, with Tencent's "Valorant: Source Action" winning the Best Game award in mainland China [4] - Sony Interactive Entertainment awarded the 2025 PlayStation Partner Awards, recognizing miHoYo's "Honkai: Star Rail" and NetEase's "Marvel Duel" with outstanding partner awards [5] Domestic Company News - Guo Weiwei resigned as CEO of Xishanju due to personal career planning but will continue as Chief Producer, while Zou Tao, CEO of Kingsoft, will serve as acting CEO [7] - Kingsoft's subsidiary, Kingsoft Game, announced that the mobile game "Duck Duck Goose" will officially launch on January 7, 2026, with over 10 million real reservations [10] - Tencent's new game "Lock Kingdom: World" is set to launch on March 26, 2026, marking the 15th anniversary of Tencent's Magic Cube Studio [11] Overseas News - Netflix confirmed a final agreement to acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion (approximately 584.714 billion yuan), with the deal expected to close in the third quarter of 2026 [13] Compliance and Regulation - The Korea Fair Trade Commission fined the developer of "MU Archangel," NetEase, 158 million won (approximately 759,800 yuan) for concealing core probability information in sales of probability-based items, constituting fraudulent behavior [15] Esports News - TT Esports, a subsidiary of Quwan Technology, is engaging in industry exchanges in North America, establishing preliminary cooperation frameworks with various organizations to enhance esports talent development and address weaknesses in mobile esports education in North American universities [17]
中国电竞市场年收入293亿;郭炜炜辞任西山居CEO丨游戏周报