Tencent Games News Articles
Saturday23rd Jan 2021
"Klei retains full autonomy of creative and operations"
Following on from Vicarious Visions merging with Blizzard, it's now been announced Chinese video game giant Tencent - known for titles like League of Legends and Clash of Clans - will acquire a "majority stake" in Klei Entertainment. If you're not familiar with this Canadian-based developer,...
Friday15th Jan 2021
News Pokémon Unite Leak Reveals You Can Dress Up Your Monsters In Dapper Outfits
Garchomp is living its best life
You'd be forgiven if you'd forgotten about Pokémon Unite recently. As the series' 25th anniversary celebrations took off with that wonderful video, this week alone has already brought us news of New Pokémon Snap and rumoured remakes for
Saturday19th Dec 2020
Random Think You've Got What It Takes To Become A Pokémon Consultant? Then Tencent Might Choose You!
Chinese video game giant needs to fill 19 positions
As you might recall, TiMi Studios - a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Tencent Games, is working with The Pokémon Company on the upcoming release Pokémon Unite for Switch and mobile devices. As a result of everything going on between these companies at the moment, Tencent currently has 19...
Thursday30th Jul 2020
News Samurai Shodown Is Getting A Free DLC Fighter From Tencent's Honor Of Kings
Update: It's Gongsun Li!
Update: The free DLC fighter from Honor of Kings is Gongsun Li, who launches on August 5th. Original Story [Fri 24th Jul, 2020 13:30 BST]: SNK's Samurai Shodown has been a worthy addition to the collection of fighters currently on the Nintendo Switch, so it's great to see the company supporting the game with ongoing free...
Thursday25th Jun 2020
News The Pokémon Unite Presentation Has Already Been Disliked 150,000 Times
In less than 24 hours
Update 2 (Fri 26th Jun, 2020 07:35 BST): The video has once again reached 150,000 dislikes. Here's a look: Update (Thu 25th Jun, 2020 17:55 BST): The number of dislikes appears to have been rolled back on the main Pokémon presentation video. At the time of the update to this story, the dislikes now total 134k but are...
Friday17th Jan 2020
Weirdness It's Confirmed, Chinese Switch Cartridges Taste Just As Bad As Ours
So why can't we stop licking them, then?
For reference only - this is not a Chinese Switch cart. It is yummy, though. What's the first thing you did when you opened up that launch copy of Breath of the Wild nearly three years ago? Before you popped it in your brand new Switch and lost 300 hours of your life to it, we mean. Could you resist giving...
Friday13th Dec 2019
Random Upset By eShop Discoverability Issues? Spare A Thought For Chinese Switch Owners
Turns out too many games is a nice problem to have
It's taken a lot of time, with plenty of bureaucratic wrangling and compromise, but Nintendo has finally launched Switch in China in partnership with Tencent. However, the experience new Switch owners in mainland China are having is quite a bit different from the the rest of us. As you can see in...
Wednesday4th Dec 2019
News Nintendo Switch To Officially Launch In China Next Week
The Chinese market opens at last
Tencent, Nintendo's regional partner in the Chinese market, has finally revealed the Switch will launch on 10th December for the recommended retail price of RMB 2,099 (US$300). Additionally, games will be priced at RMB 299 (~$42), which is typical for the region. This particular model will come bundled with New Super...
Tuesday12th Nov 2019
News Chinese Video Game Giant Tencent Wants To "Create Console Games With Nintendo Characters"
And appeal to players overseas
Earlier this year in April, Tencent was given the approval to start selling the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch bundle in mainland China. The news saw Nintendo's shares increase by more than 13 percent and Tencent followed this up by forming a "Nintendo cooperation department" to help manage the launch. Since...
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News Tencent Is Reportedly Hiring Switch Port Specialists
Part-owners of Fortnite and PUBG also working with Nintendo
It's fair to say that giant Chinese conglomerate Tencent has its fingers in a lot of pies, video game-related and otherwise. The holdings company owns stakes in a large number of game companies across the globe including League of Legends developer Riot Games (which it fully owns), Epic...
Wednesday29th May 2019
News Chinese Video Game Giant Tencent Reportedly Gives Up On Arena Of Valor
That was quick
The Chinese video game giant Tencent has reportedly given up on its MOBA game Arena of Valor here in the west. Just months after the release of the game on the Switch eShop, the marketing teams located in the US and Europe are believed to have been disbanded. This localised version of Honor of Kings has struggled to compete since it...
Tuesday18th Sep 2018
News Arena Of Valor Will Be Ready For Battle On 25th September, According To Japanese eShop Listing
Fight for free
Update: Tencent has now confirmed this date for the west. Original Story: The upcoming MOBA Arena of Valor was already locked in for a September release and now a listing on the Japanese eShop appears to have revealed the exact date the free-to-play title will be ready for battle. It's scheduled to arrive next week on the 25th. At...
Sunday16th Sep 2018
News Nintendo Confirms Free-To-Play Games Can Be Played Without Switch Online Membership
Sustaining communities
Last month, there was a rumour circulating that multiplayer free-to-play titles on the Switch would not be impacted by Nintendo's online service. This followed with the third-party developer Tencent confirming this with its very own game release, Arena of Val
Friday24th Aug 2018
News Tencent Confirms Free-To-Play Titles Won't Be Impacted By Nintendo Switch Online
Good news, everyone
Following on from the rumour at the start of the month about free-to-play games not requiring a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, Tencent - the developer behind the upcoming MOBA, Arena of Valor - has confirmed this is in fact true. Speaking to Variety, it revealed its own
Tuesday21st Aug 2018
News Free-To-Play MOBA Arena Of Valor Launches On Switch This September
Prepare for battle
Following in the footsteps of Fortnite and Paladins, the free-to-play MOBA Arena of Valor will launch on the Switch at some point during the month of September. Here's the confirmation below: Publisher Tencent has led up to the official release with a series of playte
Saturday23rd Jun 2018
News Arena Of Valor Closed Beta Starts On 28th June, Participants Receive Exclusive In-Game Skin
Prepare for battle!
At the start of the month we found out a closed test for the upcoming MOBA, Arena of Valor, would soon be available to Switch owners in both North America and Europe. Tencent Games has now locked in the exact dates, with the beta running for two weeks from 28th June to 12th July. It's also been revealed participants will re
Wednesday9th May 2018
Exclusive Behind The Scenes On Switch MOBA Arena Of Valor's Audio
Music to slay people by
It might not be a household name in this part of the world, but Honor of Kings is a massive game in China - and it's coming to the Switch under the title Arena of Valor. In July 2017, it was reported that Tencent's MOBA had 80 million daily active players and 200 million monthly active players - which gives you some idea why...
