Tencent’s new game investment strategy: smaller and earlier

Tencent is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. It got to the point where it owns significant chunks of companies like Fortnite developer Epic, League of Legends studio Riot, and French publisher Ubisoft by bringing new types of games to its domestic Chinese audience. Over the last decade, the company has used […]

Immortals launches mobile esports team for Tencent’s Arena of Valor

Mobile esports is getting a big endorsement today as the esports franchise Immortals is announcing it has created a new division, Immortals Mobile, and acquired a team to compete in esports competitions for Tencent’s popular Arena of Valor game. Arena of Valor is a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that has rocketed to […]

Switch gets Tencent’s Arena of Valor mobile MOBA

Chinese gaming giant Tencent is making Nintendo games now. Switch is getting Arena of Valor, which is Tencent’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) for mobile devices. It is a 5-on-5 action strategy battler that will launch into beta on Switch this holiday. Arena of Valor is a traditional MOBA with three lanes, creeps, and characters […]

Tencent’s hit game ‘Honor of Kings’ might come to US and Europe

Tencent has been taking on the Western video game market for some time now. The Chinese-based company has a stake in Activision, which in turn owns King, the maker of Candy Crush and an upcoming mobile iteration of Call of Duty. It also bought Supercell, the developer of massive hit, Clash of Clans, last year […]