Qualcomm joins Tencent and Vivo on new AI initiative for mobile gaming
As smartphones become more powerful, they’ll be able to offer better artificial intelligence performance for gaming and other applications. Qualcomm wants to make sure...
Steven Ma interview — How Tencent is more than just a big game investor
Steven Ma joined Tencent in 2007, when most people in the world probably had not heard about the Shenzhen, China-based company. Now Tencent is...
U.S. Switch owners power Arena of Valor past 1 million downloads
Free-to-play games are finding a curious and willing audience on Nintendo’s latest platform. Switch owners have downloaded Tencent’s Arena of Valor more than 1...
SuperData: Fortnite and World of Warcraft boost digital sales 7% from 2017
Digital games sales across all platforms combined — PC, console, and mobile — went up 7 percent worldwide in August compared to the same...
Inside Arena of Valor’s first World Cup event
On Saturday night, Team Korea was on the verge of going home. Team Thailand trounced them in Tencent’s Arena of Valor World Cup semifinals,...
Sensor Tower: Arena of Valor hits 1 million downloads on iOS and Android in U.S.
Tencent’s mobile multiplayer online battle arena Honor of Kings is a massive hit particularly in its home turf: China. It has had a slower...
Tencent drums up an audience for its mobile esports game in the West
For the first time, Tencent, the world’s largest game company, had a big presence at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade...
Tencent will attend its first E3 to show Arena of Valor — but not on Switch
Tencent‘s globally popular multiplayer online battle arena Arena of Valor arrived in North and South America in December, and it’s taking to the show...
Nintendo Switch gets Arena of Valor closed beta test this summer
Tencent still hasn’t announced when its hit mobile game Arena of Valor will arrive on the Nintendo Switch, but it will be hosting a...
Sumthing Else to release Tencent’s game soundtracks globally
Sumthing Else Music Works has cut a multi-title licensing agreement with Tencent Games to distribute soundtracks based on the Chinese company’s mobile games. The...