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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Get a first peek at Tencent’s new Chinese WoW clone, Tarisland
I know you'll be shocked to hear it, but people like World of Warcraft enough to try to clone it! Oh, what's that? We...
The Stream Team: Gunning down the nanobot menace in the Synced open beta
The world has been taken over by killer nanobots and it's up to MOP's Chris to try to stop them! He'll be heading into...
Looter shooter Synced runs open beta through mid-January
A little sedate from eating all of that holiday ham and rolling around in the intoxicating scent of Christmas wrapping paper? Then get your...
Dune Awakening’s art parade continues with in-engine previews of locations and dangers
Before Dune: Awakening decided to share a trailer at the Game Awards, most of the previews fans were getting out of the game were...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2022
I might be biased - by which I mean I am definitely biased - but 2022 was a year of big stories and big...
Tencent’s Nightingale discusses procedural gen, shared worlds, and more
Fair warning: The "podcast interview" source for this story is one held by Tencent's publishing arm Level Infinite, so it's less like a "real"...
Dune Awakening shares a sizzle reel about its cinematic trailer and another picture of lasguns
Are you ready for some hot and spicy multimedia out of Dune: Awakening? Then feast your eyes on lasguns and a Twitter video, friends....
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening teases landscapes and concept art
Are you curious about how Funcom's latest survivalbox Dune: Awakening will play? Too bad, you will continue to get pictures and you will like...
Amazon canceled its Lord of the Rings MMO over Tencent complications, Smed’s new game is still in production
Almost exactly four years ago, we first learned about the existence of a new Lord of the Rings MMORPG, backed by Hong Kong-based Leyou...
Tencent lays off over 5000 workers following Q2 revenue decline
Chinese gaming giant Tencent has developed a gap in its business armor: The company's second quarter earnings report has posted a decline in quarterly...
Tencent seeks larger stake in Ubisoft, Unity considers Chinese spinoff
China continues its wrangling of the western gaming industry with moves on both Ubisoft and Unity. Reuters reported yesterday that Tencent is attempting to increase...
Tencent’s teased UE5 MMORPG is codenamed To Jin Yong, a Wuxia open world headed for global release
Last week, Tencent was gearing up to unveil a new MMORPG, teasing that it would simply be an open-world title and built on Unreal...
Tencent teases the announcement of a new open-world MMO powered by Unreal Engine 5 next week
With all of the summertime games showcases fluttering around like tree pollen, it's probably easy to kind of lose track of one or two...
The MOP Up: MU Origin 3 ‘launches’ into open beta
The latest chapter of the MU saga is here, as MU Origin 3 launched its open beta this past week. Players can now check...
Tencent to cut off Chinese gamers accessing unapproved foreign titles through an internet speed booster
China's fervent steamrolling against gaming appears to be moving forward unabated, helped by major Chinese gaming companies that wish to stay on the government's...
Myth of Empires plans fast-progression season servers for April
Myth of Empires isn't letting that whole copyright infringement lawsuit get in the way of game development, oh no: Over the weekend, Angela Game...
Chinese regulators draft ‘youth mode’ requirement for online games and more
It appears that China's gaming industry still hasn't come close to hitting rock bottom. According to the South China Morning Post, China's Cyberspace Administration...
Victorian survivalbox Nightingale tantalizes with nightmarish concept art
The upcoming Victorian survival sandbox Nightingale has been on a concept art posting spree as of late -- and if these images are any...
Breaking down Tencent’s extensive holdings across the video game industry
Riot Games, Epic Games, Netmarble, and Kakao. What do these companies have in common? If you said that they're all companies we talk about...
