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Chinese tech giant Tencent is investing $90M in Pocket Gems, the studio behind the fast-growing success of War Dragons, a 3D mobile game which revolves around realtime strategy and PvP play. Having already invested an initial $60M for 20% of Pocket Gems, this current investment of $90M pushes Tencent's ownership of the mobile studio to 38%. Pocket Gems is now [...]
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Earlier today video games industry analyst Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners tweeted a series of screen captures of a new Tencent website with a countdown timer. The big reveal, expected on April 20th, will be Tencent's complete overhaul of its existing "Tencent Games Platform" service. The current platform serves Chinese gamers and boasts over 200 million users. We've used it [...]
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Lingshan Romance was a turn-based MMORPG where players embark through a world boasting a Chinese art style mixed with 2D and 3D graphics. Choose from 5+ gender-locked classes, leveling and molding a character to fit the roles of DPS, tank, and support. [singlepic id=65110 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Tencent Type: MMORPG Release Date: 2017 Shut Down: 2018 Pros: +Over five [...]
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Contra: Returns is a mobile side-scrolling shooter where players can choose from over four different characters to light up enemies. Play through the PvE stages and multiple PvP modes for loot to improve weapons and armor. [singlepic id=64553 w=428 h=240 float=left] Publisher: Tencent Playerbase: Medium Type: Mobile Side-Scrolling Shooter Release Date: June 06, 2017 Pros: +PvE stages and PvP game [...]
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While I don't have access to the analytics myself, 2p is reporting that App Annie's mobile market statistics for the month of October 2016 are showing that NetEase Games has surpassed Tencent in terms of mobile games revenue. The two Chinese gaming giants have been in an unspoken battle for the top spot for some time now, with Tencent dominating [...]
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Call of Duty Online is a free-to-play MMOFPS where players are military infantry agents tasked with completing missions. Jump into fast-paced tactical battles with other players in a variety of game modes such as Demolition, Free-For-All, and Search & Rescue. [singlepic id=62511 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Tencent Playerbase: High Type: Shooter Release Date: January 14, 2013 Pros: +Large pool of [...]
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Tencent announced today that it will be paying "an equity value of approximately USD 10.2 billion" to acquire "up to 84% of Supercell," creators of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, from SoftBank. "A definitive agreement" has been signed and the transaction is "currently expected to close during the third calendar quarter of 2016." Once the transaction has closed, SoftBank [...]
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Tencent, in cooperation with Haier and Intel, announced the Tencent TGP Box last week at CES Asia. According to MMOCulture, Haier made the hardware, Intel provided the chips, and Tencent is bringing the games. As the Box is powered by Tencent's own Tencent Games Platform, all of the launch titles will be from Tencent. Launch titles include FIFA Online 3, [...]
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Monster Hunter Online is a fantasy themed action game where players use a variety of large weapons to defeat even more massive creatures. It is the first PC release for the popular series and features many familiar monsters, weapons, and gameplay elements. [singlepic id=13603 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Tencent Type: MMO Release Date: April 21, 2015 Shut Down Date: December [...]
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