Ravi Hiranand

Sponsoring a football club is about more than just advertising, it's a status symbol. It’s the ultimate status symbol, a level of exposure achieved by few companies — but one available to any company that’s willing and able to pay a hefty price. It’s…

China’s gaming market is becoming more console-friendly than ever, but there are still serious roadblocks facing the PS5 The PlayStation 5 is almost here. Sony will show off their new console in a pre-recorded video on Thursday. Gamers around the…

I spent a large chunk of my university days in the UK in a homesick haze. There was a lot I missed about Hong Kong: my family, the food, my friends, and the Octopus card. Every time I fumbled for change in a store in London or dug through my pockets…

Hong Kong’s universal smart card finally launches on iPhones, but it’s facing an assault from QR code payment systems like Alipay I spent a large chunk of my university days in the United Kingdom in a homesick haze. There was a lot I missed about…

You’d think the idea of playing any game on any device would be something gamers are interested in. Google and Microsoft, among many others, are investing heavily in the hope that they will be. But many are wary of cloud gaming. Cloud gaming means…

Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud are pushing cloud gaming, but Tencent could be the real one to watch You’d think the idea of playing any game on any device would be something gamers are interested in. Google and Microsoft, among many others, are…

You may think the iPhone 11 is boring, but innovation is hard to find in the smartphone sector There’s a narrative out there that you’ve probably seen before. It popped up again in the wake of Apple’s (unsurprising) new iPhone announcements: Apple…

Xiaomi tries to steal Samsung's thunder with a phone that folds... twice Xiaomi teased a very special prototype on Wednesday – it's first foldable phone. Unlike most other prototypes we've seen, this one is a double folding phone -- which means both…

Into the Spider-Verse's Miles Morales uses QQ thanks to a tie-up with Tencent The new (and amazing) Spider-Man film might be animated, but it’s filled with real brands. Into the Spider-Verse takes place in a highly stylised version of New York,…

We talk blockchain, artificial intelligence and more with SCMP's Kong Ho Chua and 500 Startups' Edith Yeung China has twice as many internet users as the United States has people -- and that gap is only going to grow. That's one of the many things…

A crippling ban. A desperate message from the chairman. And now an apparent reprieve by the President of the United States. It’s been a rollercoaster ride for ZTE over the last month, when the US government punished the company for making false…

How Chinese game makers beat Western publishers to the punch When an early PC version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds took the gaming world by storm in early 2017, Chinese companies saw an opening. The game hadn’t been officially released in China,…

Two weeks, two legendary game companies, and two very different ways to play classic video games. Nintendo is following up last year’s NES Classic with, you guessed it, the SNES Classic: A mini version of the console that plugs directly into the TV…

As the creator of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto is rightfully the most famous game developer in the world. Just as his creation is Nintendo’s mascot, Miyamoto is the company’s public face. When Nintendo announced the first Mario game for smartphones, it…

The next six months could define the future of Nintendo. The 127 year-old company is attempting to straddle two paths: Making games for smartphones, while continuing to sell dedicated gaming systems. In December, the company will release of Super…

Pokémon are everywhere. Thanks to a new smartphone game that places the fictional creatures in real-world settings, Pokémon are in parks, offices, even on your desk. And the extraordinary popularity of the game means they’re also all over the web…

Nintendo has asked gamers to help rescue a princess, race go-karts and even play tennis with a motion-sensing controller. Now, the maker of Mario is asking fans to do something new: share their weekend plans with friends. Nintendo's first smartphone…

Plenty of CEOs like to give public presentations. Few of them are as natural or engaging as Steve Jobs, but that doesn’t stop them trying to emulate the late Apple co-founder by getting up on stage and speaking. Satoru Iwata's final appearance was as…

Nintendo finally gave in. On Monday Nintendo announced a tie-up with Japanese mobile gaming firm DeNA that will place Nintendo characters in all-new games for smartphones. That distinction is key: Nintendo is not bringing its older, existing games to…