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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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.
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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...
Tencent suspends Arena of Valor CM following sexual harassment allegations
Good news! This story about sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior from a Tencent-owned company is not about Riot Games. It's apparently separate! Wait, that...
Riot and Tencent appear to be on unpleasant terms with one another
Some fans are still probably a bit miffed that Riot Games (maker of League of Legends and that's all) teased them about the possibility...
Tencent gains majority stake in Path of Exile’s Grinding Gear Games
Path of Exiles has a new boss this week.
Grinding Gear Games announced that Chinese mega-publisher Tencent has purchased a majority stake in the studio....
Players suspect PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile is a land full of bots
So, how are you doing with shooting folks in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile? Better than you'd expect, given the fact that it's a mobile device...
Black Desert’s Kakao Games enjoys $131.6 million in investment
It's all coming up Kakao Games these days.
The Korean studio received a large investment package recently that totals $131.6 million. The bundle comes from...
Take a look at the gameplay for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on mobile
At long last, your nightmare of having moments in the day when you might not be playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is coming to an end....
Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China
The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to China with Tencent adjustments
Chinese players will soon also be allowed to play a video game about locking yourself in a box where you can scavenge for weapons...
Path of Exile debuts in China, teases next expansion for December
First it was the launch of its nest expansion, The Fall of Oriath. Then it was its launch on the Xbox One. And now...
