The DeanBeat: Tencent leads China’s domination of the global games business
If you follow the $116 billion game business, you may know that China has become the world’s biggest game market, and that Tencent is...
Tencent is the biggest fish in the $22 billion game investment pond
In game-industry deal-making, there’s Tencent, then there’s everyone else. The Chinese behemoth led or participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games...
Tencent’s new game investment strategy: smaller and earlier
Tencent is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. It got to the point where it owns significant chunks of companies like...
Tencent partners with Age of Learning for English learning apps in China
Tencent, the biggest gaming company in the world, and educational games startup Age of Learning have teamed up to bring English learning apps to...
The game industry is finally making its way into emerging markets
The recent Game Developers Conference had a diverse collection of attendees and speakers from all over the world. Some of them had trouble making...
SuperData — Fortnite: Battle Royale reigns over February’s digital game charts
Free-to-play console games led the digital games market’s growth in February — in particular, Epic Games’ standout hit Fortnite: Battle Royale. The market grew...
Supercell CEO thrives on trusting the instincts of game developers
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen has had some spectacular successes in mobile games since starting the Helsinki company in 2010. His team of 240 people...
Newzoo: Fortnite wins the global battle royale, but PUBG maintains Chinese dominance
Epic Games’ Fortnite: Battle Royale might not have chicken dinners, but players are finding it tasty. It’s been duking it out with PUBG Corp.’s...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the most-downloaded iOS app in 48 countries
The battle royale genre took over mobile last week with the launch of Fortnite, but now it’s PlayerUnkonwn’s Battlegrounds turn to shine. Tencent Games’...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney on creating believable digital humans
Epic Games stunned everyone a couple of years ago with the realistic digital human character Senua, from the video game Hellblade. And today, the...