Tencent, China’s biggest tech company (and the owner of Riot Games and Supercell), announced Transformers Online a couple of weeks back. With no mention if it is an internal-developed game, the Unreal Engine 4 team-based shooter quickly entered its first…
Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising – NCsoft and Tencent reveals new game
Earlier today, Tencent Games announced a new game based on NCsoft’s Blade & Soul IP, Hongmoon Rising. Co-developed between the 2 companies, Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising is reported as a “multi-platform” title, with PC and mobile versions heavily speculated.…
Supercell – Tencent paying over USD 8 billion to become majority shareholder
[Press Release] After weeks of speculation, Tencent today confirmed it has bought out all of Japanese company Softbank’s shares in Finnish mobile games developer, Supercell. The whole deal will cost Tencent a massive USD 8.57 billion for a majority stake…
Tencent – China giant set to pay billions for majority stake in Supercell
[Source] Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings is in talks with SoftBank to buy its majority stake in Supercell, the Finland-based developer of some of the world’s most popular mobile games, according to people briefed on the discussions. Tencent’s talks with SoftBank are still…
League of Legends – Popular MOBA arriving on new console in China
Last week, Tencent, Intel and Haier jointly unveiled the Tencent Games Platform (TGP) BOX. Known as “Blade”, the hardware was manufactured by Haier, chips provided by Intel, with Tencent supplying the games. The launch titles are all operated by Tecent,…
League of Legends – Tencent sues Chinese developer for IP infringement
Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, recently sued a Chinese developer for IP and copyright infringement with regards to League of Legends. The accussed, a prominent studio known as GY Games, has a mobile game titled “Cutest Heroes” where…
ArcheAge – China server enters Open Beta with new localized dungeon
After being in several different tests over the past year in China, including an extended period of non-wipe phases, ArcheAge has finally entered Open Beta last week. Publisher Tencent Games was adamant the game will only be “officially launched” after…
Dungeon & Fighter – Tencent Games extends publishing deal by 10 years
According to the Chinese media, gaming giant Tencent has signed an extension with Korean developer Neople to publish Dungeon & Fighter for 10 more years in China. The Chinese version of Dungeon & Fighter brought in around 517 million US dollars for…
Name of the Nature – Tencent reveals its first 2D anime mobile game
According to several Chinese media outlets, Name of the Nature appears to be Tencent Games’ first anime mobile game developed by an in-house studio. No matter, this new mobile game is based on one of the most popular Chinese manga series…
Rising Fire – Tencent reveals new Unreal Engine sci-fi RPG shooter
First teased a couple of days back, Tencent today revealed the identity of the mysterious sci-fi shooter at its annual UP conference. Titled Rising Fire, it is developed by Yingpei Games, the China studio of Epic Games (developer of Unreal…
Contra Mobile – Tencent and Konami revives classic shooter for mobile
I remember playing one of the many Contra consoles games long ago on SEGA Genesis, and it became the first ever 2D side-scroll shooter I have ever played. After a few lacklustre sequels in the past decade, Tencent and Konami…
MapleStory 2 – China server enters first beta phase next month
Late last year, Tencent Games was announced as the publisher for MapleStory 2 in China. At the annual Tencent UP event yesterday, it was revealed the first beta test phase will begin next month. Now boasting full 3D voxel graphics, isometric view,…
League of Legends – Official theme song for China server revealed
Today is the start of the annual Tencent UP conference, and even before that began, the official theme song for League of Legends China was revealed yesterday. Performed by Jay Chou, a League of Legends fanatic and darling celebrity of…
League of Legends – Tencent pursuing lawsuits against developers
If you did not know, Riot Games recently became a full subsidiary of China’s Tencent. Even before the deal was done, Tencent, as the majority shareholder, begun pursuing lawsuits against Chinese studios which made use of champions from League of Legends to…