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Chinese Studios Take the Center of Gamescom 2026

At Gamescom 2026's opening night, Chinese studios were no longer a novelty but a headline act. Where Winds Meet landed a Best Mobile Game nomination, and new PC and console titles from miHoYo, Titan Forge and others drew the loudest reactions from Chinese viewers — even as overseas critics grumbled that too much of the show looked the same.

A forged AI-style poster offered a "love her, take a loan to bring her home" bride-price loan under Jiangxi Bank's name. The bank says no such product exists and has reported the fabrication to police.

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A Chengdu Startup Wants to Rent Your Face to Advertisers for 500 Yuan a Scene

An app in Chengdu lets ordinary people list their portraits for AI and advertising use, with sellers taking 70 percent of each deal. A bank employee's face was licensed seven times in three days — and made him about 2,500 yuan — a glimpse of a market that lawyers say has outrun the rules.