Tencent

Tencent bids to acquire 100% of Funcom

Proposed deal would value the Norwegian studio at around $148 million

Tencent ramping up investments - but may veer away from games

Having already poured money into eleven games firms, Chinese giant is concentrating on new industries such as 'smart retail'

Global Esports Federation announced, backed by Tencent

Federation aims to be "the voice and authority for the worldwide esports movement"

Tencent launches its Start cloud gaming service

Blade & Soul, Path of Exile, Fortnite, NBA2K Online 2 are part of the beta test

PUBG Mobile earned at least $1.3 billion in 2019

Sensor Tower points to Chinese rebrand as catalyst for growth, but the figure excludes third-party Android stores

Tencent launching Nintendo Switch in China next week

Will cost 2,099 yuan (approx $300), comes with New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe demo and a one-year warranty

Sega's John Clark moves to Tencent Europe

Clark takes on VP of partnerships role at the Chinese tech and entertainment giant

Bunch raises $3.85m toward development, expanded partnerships

Supercell, Tencent, and Riot Games among investors in mobile game chat and party app

Tencent buying 10% of Sumo Group

Chinese giant purchasing 15 million shares from established investor Perwyn

PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile help drive Tencent gaming revenues

Chinese publisher cites increased contributions from overseas titles as driving growth in mobile gaming business, offsetting declines from PC

Tencent wants to make console games with Nintendo IP to boost US and Europe presence

It follows the two companies' partnership to bring Switch to China

The Tencent zombie game trying to advance the battle royale formula

We speak to Next Studios about how Synced: Off-Planet recreates the tension of Fortnite or DayZ without copying the structure

Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud for game development program

New Improbable/Tencent Cloud Developer Program to support creators making games in SpatialOS for the Chinese market with cloud services

Switch China launch draws nearer as Tencent approved to publish Mario Bros U DX

Chinese publisher also approved to bring Monster Hunter: World back to shelves

Tencent takes majority control over Supercell

World's largest game company increases stake in consortium which owns Finnish mobile developer

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

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

Tencent acquires minority stake in Funcom

Chinese gaming giant becomes largest single shareholder of Conan Exiles dev

PUBG becomes first mobile battle royale to surpass $1bn revenue

Since Chinese re-launch, PUBG Mobile has seen 540% growth year-on-year

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