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...
Ubisoft evades hostile takeover by swapping Vivendi for Tencent
Ubisoft is announcing today that French multimedia conglomerate Vivendi is selling all of its shares in the game maker. This ends Vivendi’s bid to...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds goes live on mobile in regions worldwide (update)
Chinese publisher Tencent has launched one of the biggest PC games in the world on iOS and Android devices around the world. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is now available in the iOS App Store and Google Play market in most major regions.
Supercell 2017 results: $810 million in profit, $2 billion in revenue — without a new game
Supercell announced that it earned a profit of $810 million on revenues of $2.029 billion in 2017. That’s an enviable financial accomplishment for a...