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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Tencent’s Tarisland begins its next round of player testing… in China
The next phase of Tarisland's testing has begun overseas as Tencent announced on Discord that the Chinese test is now underway.
As part of this...
Tarisland vows cross-platform play: ‘Your gateway to adventure is always open’
When Tarisland launches later this year, players will enjoy a wider degree of freedom to enjoy it on either PC or mobile. This cross-platform...
Tower of Fantasy launches its new Evangelion crossover content March 12
Soon, the worlds of Evangelion and Tower of Fantasy will cross over into one another for a mecha-piloting, angel-punching good time. Update 3.7: Evangelion...
Tower of Fantasy kicks off new events and casts another spotlight on new character Yanuo
Tower of Fantasy players may already have met Yanuo, the new simulacrum that was the headline of last week's update, but that isn't stopping...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening MMO is finally promising trailers and hype as Dune 2 hits theaters
Throughout the length of the Dune MMORPG's development, it's seemed weird that Funcom and Tencent didn't push harder to link the game more directly...
Nightingale teases storage and crafting QOL plans as players build away and reviews sit at ‘mixed’
A week into its early access launch, Nightingale studio Inflexion has very briefly addressed the community on how the rollout went - and what's next...
Emmy-winning composer Russell Brower talks about making Tarisland’s soundtrack
Whatever concerns or qualms you might have about Tencent's upcoming Tarisland, the soundtrack shouldn't be one of them. That's because the game signed on...
Survivalbox Nightingale pivots on co-op design, promises offline mode ‘as soon as feasible’
Just three days into its early access release, Tencent's Nightingale is already backtracking on its always-online philosophy: Inflexion has announced that it's working on...
Tencent’s Victorian gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale finally hits early access today
Noon-o-clock Eastern time today: That's when survivalbox Nightingale finally arrives to early access, and $29.99 will get you a copy and the download rush...
Tower of Fantasy showcases its frosty spear-swinging new character arriving February 20
She'll swing a spear around, cast several explosive icy spells, and smile right into your eyes as she does it. She's Yanuo, the latest...
Players rolled nearly 50K characters during Nightingale’s stress test last weekend
When Inflexion announced this week that it's planning to launch Nightingale's early access two days earlier than originally planned, it casually mentioned that it...
Tencent buys up majority stake of Swords of Legends developer and gains access to the IP
Tencent has walked over to another games studio and smacked it with its wallet, only this time it's a bit of a surprise purchase...
Nightingale, counting nearly 50K testers, is launching early access two days earlier than originally planned
Hope you didn't take the original launch date off because Nightingale's early access release has been pushed up two days.
"Inflexion Games announced the launch...
The Daily Grind: Do you even want an MMO with transmedia synergy?
We've been talking about transmedia synergy again thanks to Dune Awakening, so I want to go at it from a new angle. The term...
Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast denies that it’s looking to sell off Dungeons & Dragons
Remember the uproar yesterday when a Chinese website scooped the story about how Hasbro was apparently shopping around the Dungeons & Dragons IP in...
Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay
If you've seen the rumors on Twitter this afternoon that Wayfinder's team is suffering layoffs, well, I'm sorry to report that they're true, and...
Hasbro is selling the Dungeons & Dragons IP – and Tencent is the potential buyer
There's a potentially big business deal happening in both the world of tabletop gaming and video gaming: Insider sources reporting to Chinese news site...
Tencent-backed Chimeraland is shutting down at the end of March
Back in September of last year, we checked in on Tencent's strange survival sandbox Chimeraland only to find that very little had happened... followed...
Avatar franchise mobile MMO Avatar Reckoning has been canceled after split from Tencent
Almost exactly two years ago, we first caught wind of an MMO based on the Avatar franchise - mobile MMO, to be precise, although...
Tower of Fantasy dates ‘1.5th anniversary’ events and discusses plans to open a classic server
It hasn't even been two years yet, but that isn't going to stop Tower of Fantasy from whipping out the party favors. The shared-world...
