Tencent acquires Swedish game studio Sharkmob
Tencent Holdings said it has acquired Swedish game developer Sharkmob for an undisclosed price. The team includes veterans from games such as The Division...
PUBG Mobile passes 100 million monthly active players, launches season 7 battle pass
The mobile version of PC and console hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds continues to break records. According to mobile data and analytics company App Annie, the free-to-play...
Game for Peace, PUBG Mobile’s replacement in China, earns $14 million in first 3 days on iOS
As it turns out, Chinese players love battle royale shooters on mobile. According to market analyst Sensor Tower, the iOS version of Tencent’s Game...
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...
Newzoo: Top 25 public game companies generated over $100 billion in 2018 revenue
Market researcher Newzoo reported that the top 25 public game companies account for nearly 80 percent of the global market, and they generated $107.3...
The DeanBeat: The landscape of gaming in 2019
This weekend, Disney, Electronic Arts, and Respawn Entertainment are expected to take the wraps off Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, a new video game...
Google’s Stadia bet: Breaking barriers — if the games and tech can support it
How about this for an idea: a digital entertainment platform which can stream high-quality content from a remote data center to any device, anywhere...
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...
Activision shows off Call of Duty Mobile at Unity GDC event
Activision showed off gameplay visuals from Call of Duty Mobile at Unity Technologies’ press event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The...
Unity partners with Tencent to help game devs get into China
Unity chief executive officer John Riccitiello will partner with Tencent to support Tencent Cloud. This will be available later this year. Riccitiello made the...