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You may not remember Ashraf Ismail, but many folks did. He was a high-profile Assassin's Creed game developer for Ubisoft before he was dismissed from the company in mid-2020. Turns out he's been busy since he was fired from the French company. He's been helping with the development of a game at Tencent according to Axios. He is serving as "a co...
If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Riot Games is legally going at it the second time with a copyright infringement lawsuit against Mobile Legends developer Moonton. The lawsuit, which was filed by Riot's parent company Tencent (via Eurogamer), said the following: "This action seeks to stop Moonton from continuing its deliberate a...
Respawn Entertainment has announced that the mobile version of its hit battle royale shooter game Apex Legends will be out this month. Apex Legends Mobile is set to release worldwide this May for Android and iOS. The game is being developed by a dedicated mobile team at Respawn alongside Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, the same team ...
Tencent has reached out to us and provided an official statement on the issues raised by former games journalist and current Sony Santa Monica writer Alanah Pearce yesterday. We initially reported that the China-based company allegedly wanted “no Black people†and “bigger tits†in a movie that they were producing. The off...
(Updated on 26 January 2022): Tencent reached out to us and gave the following official statement: The views attributed to Tencent by Alanah Pearce are contrary to our beliefs, culture and values. At this point they are also just rumors. But we do take the matter seriously, and if it turns out someone affiliated with Tencent did in fact make su...
Ubisoft isn't the only company handling the James Cameron's Avatar franchise in the game-making world. Disney and Tencent recently revealed Avatar: Reckoning, an upcoming MMORPG slated for iOS and Android. The game's developer is Archosaur Games. Here's a brief description of the game from the press release: "Avatar: Reckoning will transport...
Federal Courts in the United States and Germany have ruled in favour of Tencent Games and KRAFTON, Inc. in their cases against members of a hacking group. In a decisive reproach of the defendants’ activities of creating and distributing hacks and cheats that provide their users with an unfair advantage when playing PUBG MOBILE, the defendant...
Remedy Entertainment, the company behind games like Control and Alan Wake, has signed a global development, license, and distribution agreement with Chinese giant Tencent for a new co-operative multiplayer game that is currently codenamed Vanguard. According to the press release, Remedy Entertainment will publish the game worldwide, while Ten...
Under Tencent's new Level Infinite publishing brand, Chimeraland is a new open-world massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, which is now open for Malaysian mobile and PC gamers to pre-register their interest. Gamers who pre-register at www.chimeraland.com from 16 December 2021 onwards, can ensure they are fully informed of game developments...
Tencent Games has announced the launch of Level Infinite, a new brand dedicated to delivering high-quality games to a global audience. Level Infinite is based in Amsterdam and Singapore with staff around the world. It will provide studio support and services, from technology to production assistance, “Games as a Service†(GaaS) and loca...
In a move that's sure to baffle many people outside of China, China's government and authorities are ordering game companies and giants to end their focus on profits and cut content perceived to be breeding "effeminacy". Said giants include Tencent and NetEase, the biggest players in mobile gaming and gaming in general since almost all their big...
Blackpink in your area. In your PUBG area. Again. That's right. After collaborating with PUBG Mobile last year, the popular K-Pop group is once again partnering with PUBG but this time for PC and consoles (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S). The PUBG Blackpink event will run between 8 August and 7 September 2021, and there will be special miss...
Tencent has announced that they will acquire Sumo Group, the UK developer behind LittleBigPlanet 3 and Sackboy A Big Adventure. The China-based megacorporation is reportedly spending US$1.26 billion for the acquisition. Tencent already owns League Of Legends studio Riot Games and has shares in several other video game companies. These include Ep...
Big Brother is watching, or rather, Tencent is watching. The China-based gaming giant has launched a controversial new technology to stop children and teenagers from excessively playing games throughout the nighttime. How? They have unleashed a time-sensitive facial recognition system that will identify minors who play the game between 10pm to 8...
Tencent subsidiary Lightspeed & Quantum Studios has announced the founding of a new studio led by renowned Blizzard veterans: Uncapped Games. Uncapped Games is run by Blizzard veterans, lead designer David Kim and lead producer Jason Hughes, with the company focused on making "action-packed real-time strategy games" for PC. Its first-ever pr...
As we all know, giant Chinese tech company Tencent has its hands and fingers on every tech pie worldwide. Chief among them is Epic and Riot Games, as the conglomerate has stakes in both companies. A new Reuters report states that Tencent Holdings is talking with the United States' Committee on Foreign Investment since late 2020 to make sure it c...
Ubisoft and Tencent are working together on an official collaboration, with the Chinese version of Just Dance on Nintendo Switch crossing over with battle royale game Peacekeeper Elite (which is only available in China). According to video games industry analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, this is an example of how Tencent is trying to integrate it...
It was announced late last year that the ePremier League is returning for its third year and season in 2021, offering UK-based players of FIFA 21 the chance to represent their favourite Premier League club in a virtual football tournament. Now, the ePremier League has announced that it is expanding into China. According to the press release (via...
China's version of PUBG Mobile is celebrating its second anniversary with an official collaboration with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. No other details have been revealed as of yet, but players of the game in China can expect to see a large Gundam in the Erangel map. It's currently unclear if this Gundam content will arrive in PUBG Mobile outside of ...
We still don't know much about Apex Legends Mobile, despite being initially announced back in 2019. However, EA teased in 2020 that they were working with a partner in China on the mobile version of the popular free-to-play battle royale game. We might finally know who they were talking about back then. According to multiple sources (via IGN Ind...
