ByteDance plans to cut hundreds of jobs in gaming and wind down its showpiece brand Nuverse in a major withdrawal from a once-booming gaming industry dominated by Tencent and its smaller foe NetEase.

Beijing

Rise of AI

ByteDance to fire hundreds in gaming retreat

Ukrainian drone pilot Mykhailo tests "first-person view" drones near the southeastern Zaporizhzhia frontline, as the army's counteroffensive against Russia persists. The 25-year-old says that playing video games has helped him control the weapons, which he says can attack at speed from height - making them a serious threat to enemy troops. 

Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine Invasion

How gamers are helping the Ukraine Armed Forces

A group of young Ukrainian 'geeks' make drones in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a bomb on Russian positions.

Bakhmut

How video gaming influenced Ukraine war

Ukraine is supplied largely by western weapons and has little ammunition to spare. So, its military has teamed up with a video game maker. In the past month, soldiers have been training on virtual firing ranges.

Video Games

ByteDance to fire hundreds in gaming retreat

How gamers are helping the Ukraine Armed Forces

How video gaming influenced Ukraine war

Ukraine military partners with video game maker