News Tencent takes majority control over Supercell World's largest game company increases stake in consortium which owns Finnish mobile developer Oct. 23, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Call of Duty Mobile sees best first-week downloads of any mobile game Sensor Tower: Tencent's adaptation of Activision's famous franchise shoots ahead of Mario Kart Tour with 100m downloads Oct. 8, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Call of Duty: Mobile surpasses 35m downloads in just three days Mobile spin-off becomes No. 1 app in over 100 countries on App Store Oct. 4, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Tencent acquires minority stake in Funcom Chinese gaming giant becomes largest single shareholder of Conan Exiles dev Sept. 30, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News PUBG becomes first mobile battle royale to surpass $1bn revenue Since Chinese re-launch, PUBG Mobile has seen 540% growth year-on-year Sept. 23, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Tencent partners with Razer for cloud gaming hardware, overseas expansion Collaboration aims to have gaming hardware compatible with Tencent Cloud launched by year's end Aug. 22, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Game revenues rise as Tencent enjoys end of China's approvals freeze Chinese publisher released ten mobile games in Q2 2019, compared to just one last year Aug. 14, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Tencent launches its cloud services on WeGame in China Moonlight Blade, Chinese Parents, Blood of Steel, others can be played instantly on the service without download Aug. 2, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Nintendo and Tencent working to localize Switch games for China No Switch software has been approved by Chinese government so far, four games shown at ChinaJoy 2019 Aug. 2, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Rocket League gets license approval in China Tencent partnership leads to free-to-play release of Psyonix's car soccer hit July 30, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent and Nintendo to host Switch press conference in China on August 2 Shanghai event is the first official update since Tencent was cleared to distribute the console in China July 24, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Tencent leads 'substantial' funding round for retro games streaming platform Antstream Subscription service soft launched in Western Europe this month, heading to the US by end of 2019 July 23, 2019 James Batchelor
News The Pokémon Company teams up with Tencent to create more Pokémon games Tencent's TiMi Studio Group will lead development on multiple unknown new titles July 22, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent launches app for streaming PC games to smartphones League of Legends only game currently available, but more expected soon July 16, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Tencent, Chinese gaming companies push new age rating system Proposed system would have four categories, spearheaded by publishers and developers July 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Niko Partners: Game for Peace expected to bring in nearly $1b by year's end PUBG Mobile clone anticipated to be one of Tencent's biggest games; meanwhile, PUBG Mobile has brought in $400m overseas June 18, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent sells a quarter of its stake in Glu Mobile Online giant still owns nearly 15% of mobile publisher after unloading about 5% for more than $56 million June 7, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
News Tencent reportedly gives up on Arena of Valor Update: Tencent spokesman denies reports overseas marketing and sales team were disbanded June 5, 2019 James Batchelor
News Roblox targets China with Tencent education partnership Joint venture will run educational programmes at first, with Chinese launch of Roblox "the ultimate goal" May 29, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Tencent acquires Sharkmob Chinese tech giant buys nascent Swedish online game developer before it's announced its first game May 21, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
News Tencent games business remains steady in lingering effects of license freeze Q1 growth mostly came from other sources, but company looks to more new releases in Q2 May 15, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent adds 'Gameplay Management' system to PUBG Mobile to encourage "healthy gaming" Players under 18 will receive pop-ups reminding them to take a break May 15, 2019 James Batchelor
News Tencent raises minimum age for "digital lock" to 16 New measure will be trialled in upcoming game, limiting gamers aged 15 and under to two hours a day April 23, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Nintendo stock leaps following Switch approval in China 17% rise on Tokyo exchange is company's largest percentage gain since Pokemon Go's summer of 2016 April 19, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent stealth launches international version of WeGame storefront WeGame X platform is available but still in "testing" phase, the Chinese publisher confirmed April 8, 2019 Matthew Handrahan