The cloud service race is on

A POPULAR video game developed by a Japanese studio has set off an unexpected cloud-computing race between Tencent and Alibaba Group as the two Chinese tech giants rush to draw players to their respective servers.

Palworld, an open-world survival game developed by Pocketpair that lets players catch and raise creatures known as Pals to build structures and fight, has become a breakout hit since its release on game distribution platform Steam on Jan 19, selling more than eight million copies in less than six days.