Tencent faces a new threat to its mobile-gaming biz: Alibaba, the Amazon of China
Gaming is the latest part of Alibaba's growing mobile strategy.
Hi-Rez teams up with China's Tencent to publish battle game Smite
Tencent is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world thanks to titles like Smite and League of Legends.
Rumble’s Greg Richardson on building games that last forever (interview)
With cash from Nexon, the CEO of Rumble Entertainment says he has time to get game quality just right.
How Tencent is slowly transforming into one of gaming's biggest investors
The Chinese company owns portions of Riot Games, Epic Games, and now Activision.
Activision Blizzard and Tencent join the game industry’s lobbying group
Activision rejoins the ESA, while China's Tencent joins for the first time.
The DeanBeat: Will Battlefield 4 or Puzzle & Dragons reach $1B in revenues?
Puzzle & Dragons is generating $2.5 million in revenue a day.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: EA CEO out, SimCity could have been offline, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm review
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Tencent paid $330M for 40% of Epic Games
Last year, Epic Games sold a 40 percent ownership stake to China’s Tencent, according to an interview with Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney. That...
Japan’s Line mobile messaging app reaches 100M game downloads
Mobile messaging apps are turning out to be a great way to get games noticed.
After last year’s boom, social casino games remain strong
Social casino games acquired by gambling companies are generating huge revenues even after the deals are done.