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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China reveals new regulatory system for online video games after more than a year of confusion
For the last year and change, we watched in slowly dawning horror during China's big game "freeze," when bureaucrats shut down avenues for game...
Monster Hunter Online is sunsetting in China at the end of this year
Bad news for the Chinese hunters of Monster Hunter Online: Tencent has announced that the game will be shutting down at the end of...
MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft E3, Unity+Tencent, Stray Bombay, Wargaming MMOs, and Google at GDC
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO business tidbits!
Remember last year's phenomenal Bethsoft presentation at E3? The one with not just Elder Scrolls Online...
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming inclusion, Peria Chronicles, Google, and PUBG’s Brendan Greene
Welcome to another fast roundup of MMO-related business news!
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Nexon settles on five bidders in corporate sale as Tencent splits from Netmarble and MBK
Welp, I'm sorry, guys: You're not on the shortlist to buy Nexon. I know you really wanted it, but it's not to be.
As we've...
Nexon’s $9B sale draws interest from Amazon, EA, and Comcast
Amazon presents Nexon? It could happen.
Nexon's massive $9 billion sale of controlling interest in the company continues to attract major players. VentureBeat is reporting...
Tencent introduces strict rules for streamers playing its games
Good news for Chinese streamers, as gaming giant Tencent has introduced a new set of rules about what streamers can and cannot do while...
China puts a freeze on new game approval (again)
You might recall that 2018 proved to be a mess for studios trying to get their new games approved for the always-lucrative Chinese market....
The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces
TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Tales of Wind, Era of Legends, and Darksburg
Welcome back to another run-down of MMOs and other online games you've probably never heard of. We love doing these! Here's some stuff to...
Tencent and Netmarble might team up to buy South Korean MMO giant Nexon
It's time for another round of our favorite gameshow, WHO'S BUYING NEXON THIS WEEK? I'm your host, Bree Royce, and with me today playing...
China’s third round of game approvals still omits Tencent and NetEase
There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...
China is approving games again, but none of them is from Tencent or Netease
After nearly a year of being frozen, China's approval process for games lurched into life once more in December, with 80 titles approved in...
Lost Ark is rumored to start Chinese beta testing soon
The mess that has been the Chinese game industry shutdown is affecting every corner of the world, but it's not really a shock that...
Tencent is pulling back its marketing budget in response to China’s ongoing game freeze
Tencent has not been weathering the Chinese game block very well. Sure, the company has been doing its best, but a 28% stock drop...
Tencent is expanding draconian ‘healthy gaming’ child blocks across all of its titles
Oof. If you thought RealID was a bad call, point your eyeballs at China, where Tencent has announced it will expand its existing "addiction-prevention"...
Even PUBG MOBILE is getting in on Halloween in time for its real-life event this weekend
PUBG MOBILEÂ has a big update out this week just ahead of Halloween, including some fresh Halloween-themed content and a real-world event on the docket.
"Players...
Tencent is working on locking kids out of Chinese games using facial recognition tech
So add this one to your creepy dystopian nightmare-fuel bin: In the war on supposed gaming addiction, at least one corporation is hoping to...
Tencent is restructuring amidst continued Chinese game industry woes
Tencent is having a terrible, horrible, no good very bad year so far. Sure, its problems began when Monster Hunter World had to get...
Tencent launches new battle royale title Ring of Elysium on Steam Early Access
A new challenger is approaching the quickly-growing (or, depending on who you ask, already too-crowded) arena of battle royale games: Tencent Games's first foray...
