Category: Industry Insights

The integration of artificial intelligence and overseas expansion has entered a new era across China’s industries. Enterprises have moved past the 1.0 phase of isolated AI tools such as machine translation and asset generation, and fully embraced Going Global 2.0 — an intelligent ecosystem built on multi-agent collaboration, full-chain data-driven decision-making and comprehensive efficiency improvement. Supported[…..] […]

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China’s video game industry underwent a drastic consolidation wave in the first half of 2026. Industry tracker Jinghe’s incomplete statistics show at least 28 titles from major publishers announced server shutdowns, content suspension or full development termination, with over 30 games worldwide winding down services in the six-month period. Tencent and NetEase, the two domestic[…..] […]

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The Japan Online Game Association (JOGA), in partnership with Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories, has released its landmark 22nd annual industry report JOGA Online Game Market Research Report 2026. Based on large-scale dual surveys targeting domestic online game operators and end users, the report reveals Japan’s 2025 online gaming market hit ¥989.9 billion, with 100% of[…..] […]

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On July 21, 2026, The Walt Disney rolled out its third company-wide round of layoffs this year, cutting hundreds of employees across core divisions including Pixar Animation Studios, National Geographic, ESPN and corporate functional departments. This workforce reduction is not a short-term emergency measure, but a core overhaul launched by newly appointed CEO Josh D’Amaro[…..] […]

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Square Enix pulls the plug on FF7: Ever Crisis after less than three years; Sluggish revenue growth forces strategic reshuffle of its mobile game portfolio Square Enix officially issued an end-of-service notice on July 7, 2026, confirming that its cross-platform free-to-play RPG Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis will permanently shut down at 11 PM PDT on[…..] […]

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Antonin Niclass’ Stop-Motion Gem *Into the Forest* Wins Annecy Young Audience Award, Celebrating Creativity and Swiss Handcrafted Animation LONDON, June 27, 2026 – The 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, widely hailed as the “Oscar of Animation”, has handed its coveted Young Audience Award to Swiss stop-motion short film *Into the Forest*, helmed by award-winning[…..] […]

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In the first half of 2026, the Chinese animation (Guoman) sector on mainstream domestic video platforms achieved sustained quality improvement and content expansion. Tencent Video, Youku, Bilibili and iQiyi have built a differentiated, featured and high-quality content ecosystem based on their respective positioning. Focusing on classic cultivation, fantasy, urban superpower, folk adventure and other diverse[…..] […]

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game Charts: The most successful new games of the first half of 2026 in Germany ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ tops Germany’s game Charts for the first half of 2026 ‘Forza Horizon 6’, ‘007 First Light’, ‘Pragmata’ and ‘LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight’ among the Top 5 most successful newly released games of the first[…..] […]

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AI Otome-Style Animated Dramas Undergo Industry Restructuring: Fading Traffic Dividends, Compliance, IP and Long-Term Operation Become Core Breakthrough Drivers Driven by iterative AIGC video technology and surging female emotional consumption demand, AI otome-style animated dramas have emerged as the fastest-growing subcategory in the micro-short drama track. Drawing on the character design, favorability systems, multi-male lead relationship[…..] […]

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