Major Chinese investment house known to online gamers in the west for its stake in a number of western games, including League of Legends and World of Warcraft.
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MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Tencent and the Great Chili Sauce Fraud Caper
Today we're finishing off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020!
Coming in at #1 on our list is...
Chinese fraudsters posed as...
Warframe studio Digital Extremes promises independent operation and no changes to game direction after Leyou buyout
2020 was the year in which MMO studios were Pac-Man'd by bigger companies because massive corporations with deep purses do that to break their...
China’s video game regulators introduce a three-tier age rating system for games
If you're accustomed to the age rating of games in the US, it's easy to forget that this is a voluntary system rather than...
Funcom says it’s expanded the DUNE game’s scope with Tencent’s backing
There's a little nugget of interest in Funcom's traditional holiday letter to fans and press this week, at least if you're waiting impatiently for...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2020
Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...
Tencent moves forward in buying Leyou Technologies for over a billion bucks
Throughout the 2020, we've been covering the many companies competing to buy up Leyou Technology, the holding company that both owns the majority of...
MMO Business Roundup: Activision’s Netflix lawsuit, Tolkien’s house, Roblox in China, and more
Welcome back to another quick spin through MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Fortnite - It doesn't look as if gaming companies are feeling too hopeful...
Gamers review bomb Monster Hunter World on Steam over Monster Hunter film
There's a clip from the current Monster Hunter film that's drawn a lot of ire particularly from Chinese audiences, which has resulted in some...
We’re years away from an open beta for Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings MMO
How far away is the next Lord of the Rings MMORPG? Years, fam, so get comfy where you are.
The news comes via Wccftech, which...
Kakao Games’ Q3 2020 investor report suggests late 2021 western launch for Elyon Ascent Infinite Realm
Kakao is a hard company to cover, largely because the gaming segment we care about is only a tiny piece of the sprawling Korean...
MMO Business Roundup: FarmVille’s sunset, Netmarble’s acquisitions, Intrepid hiring, WoW esports, PUBG India
Welcome back to another roundup of gaming industry news relevant to MMOs and MMO adjacent-titles.
PUBG India: Earlier this month, we covered how PUBG Corp....
The US government is now probing Epic and Riot in relation to Tencent’s data security
Remember back in August when the Trump administration made noise about trying to ban WeChat and Tencent from transactions with folks in the US?...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars 2 voice acting, EVE Online mental health, Good Game, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO - and MMO-adjacent - industry news!
Guild Wars 2: If you've been bummed about Guild Wars 2's pandemic-times...
New executive order could ban US transactions with Tencent – potentially bad news for gaming [Updated]
File this one under "I was about to go to sleep when the internet erupted in an absolute panic over Tencent": Late this evening,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 280: Middle-earth practices social distancing
Justin and Bree discuss Funcom, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Nexon, No Man's Sky, and Skull and Bones, with adventures in LOTRO, Hearthstone, and WoW, plus mailbag topics on fidelity to artistic vision and phasing vs. immersion.
The Daily Grind: Are you anxious about the Funcom acquisition?
I read the news today, oh boy. Tencent has bought out all of Funcom's stuff. This is pretty significant; it's yet another thing being...
Tencent edges out Sony in Leyou Technologies buyout negotiations
A week or two ago, we covered the especially-amusing-to-MMO-fans news that Sony was gunning to buy up Leyou, the Chinese holding company that both...
Tencent now completely owns Funcom, purveyor of Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends
Dune, Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Age of Conan... all of these properties and more are now directly under the thumb of China's Tencent.
Funcom...
China cancels all international sporting events for 2020, sending LoL esports into limbo
If anyone here was looking forward to esports events that were set to be hosted in China like the League of Legends World Championship...
Chinese fraudsters posed as a famous chili sauce brand to get free keys out of Tencent — and it worked
What you're about to read is an account of how three guys in China defrauded Tencent under the guise of a famous chili sauce...
