Call of Duty: Mobile -- Battle Royale mode lets you choose from six classes.
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Tencent’s TiMi J3 studio cracked the code on adapting Call of Duty for mobile

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Mobile games are expected to generate $86 billion in 2019, or 2.4 times the revenue for PC and console games, according to App Annie. But for years, Call of Duty has generated almost all of its revenues from PC and console games.

But with the launch of Call of Duty: Mobile in the fall, Activision Blizzard finally has a new source of revenue for the franchise in the biggest part of the game market. To pull off that launch, Activision turned to a partnership with China’s Tencent and its TiMi J3 Studios in Shenzhen, China.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.