Rainbow Six: Siege relaunches in China on Tencent’s platform

In March, Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent purchased a 5-percent stake in Ubisoft as part of a deal to avoid Vivendi’s hostile takeover of the French publisher. At that time, Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot noted that his company would use this relationship to capitalize more on the gaming market in China, which is the biggest in the world in terms of money spent. And now Tencent is relaunching Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege in China, which should help it find a bigger audience in that territory.

Rainbow Six: Siege is already a global hit for Ubisoft. It has more than 30 million players, and it continues to grow rapidly, Guillemot said on a conference call with investors. But in China, Siege was only on Steam, which is not officially supported in that country. But as part of this relaunch, Tencent will bring Siege to its Steam-like WeGame service.