According to a recent article posted on The Week, a 16-year-old Indian teen from the town of Neemuch passed away after playing PUBG Mobile. The article also claimed that the reason for passing is due to cardiac arrest. It is…
PUBG Mobile – Cross-over event with Godzilla begins in mobile battle royale
Tencent Games and PUBG Corporation team up with Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and Toho Co., LTD to unleash the Godzilla: King of the Monsters crossover event, offering a gargantuan twist on the game. Now, content from the highly-anticipated blockbuster…
CrossFire – Online drama series begins filming in China
CrossFire, the most lucrative game in China, is having its own drama soon. Tencent, the game’s publisher, announced today that the online drama series has started filming during a media event. The leading actor is apparently Leo Wu, one of…
Sharkmob – Tencent acquires Swedish indie games developer
Founded just 2 years ago with no games or any products launched, Swedish indie studio Sharkmob today announced it has been 100% acquired by behemoth Tencent Games. No financial details were provided. Unaffected by the acquisition, Sharkmob continues working with…
PUBG Mobile – Tencent shuts down Chinese server and introduces new mobile battle royale
As some of you would have known, Tencent Games first introduced 2 mobile battle royales based on PUBG some time back, with the most popular one eventually becoming PUBG Mobile. Earlier today, the Chinese giant announced that the game’s beta…
Monster Hunter Online – Tencent announces closure of China-exclusive MMORPG
First entering beta phase in 2015 and exclusive to the China gaming community, Tencent Games today announced the closure of Monster Hunter Online. Crafted using CryEngine with IP owner Capcom, payments and new registrations for the game have been disabled…
Tencent UP 2019 – Quick look at new games announced at annual event
While the western audience tuned in to Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2019 over the weekend, the largest gaming market in the world was focused on Tencent UP 2019. The annual UP event is hosted by none other than Tencent Holdings,…
Call of Duty Mobile – Global pre-registration begins for mobile military shooter
[Pre-register now] Activision Blizzard today announced the start of the pre-registration phase for its upcoming mobile military shooter, Call of Duty Mobile, in collaboration with development partner Tencent Games. Powered using the Unity engine, this is just one of the…
Perfect World Mobile – Quick look at mobile version of classic PC MMORPG
Developed by Perfect World (also known as Wanmei) and published by Tencent Games in China, Perfect World Mobile launched with much fanfare as it is the first time the 14 year-old IP has a title on mobile devices. At the…
Perfect World Mobile – Oriental fantasy mobile MMORPG launching in China this week
Before Perfect World Mobile launches in China this week, a brand new trailer has been released to the public. We have talked about most of the touted features in my previous articles already, so do read them up for more…
Perfect World Mobile – Tencent Games announces China launch date for mobile MMORPG
First revealed in April 2018 and showcased at ChinaJoy 2018, Tencent Games recently announced that Perfect World Mobile will officially launch in China on 6 March. Based on the original Perfect World Online and developed by Perfect World, this mobile…
Tencent – New regional gaming headquarters confirmed for Hainan Island
Just when you thought that Tencent is already a household games brand in its native China and has already covered the whole country, the mega internet giant announced it is going to build a new headquarters in Sanya to oversee…
League of Legends – New company formed to oversee and expand esports business in China
Yesterday, Tencent and Riot Games announced they have formed a new company in China to oversee all esports related operations and businesses for League of Legends in the country. Known as TJ Sports (腾竞体育) and registered on 4 Jan 2019,…
Lost Ark – Rumors claim China server is starting Closed Beta soon
While Lost Ark has reached over 350,000 concurrent players in South Korea and has over 10 servers now, things got a little more worrisome for its China server. If you did not know, the Chinese government stopped approving new overseas…