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China seeks to curtail spending in online games

Sending Tencent and NetEase shares tumbling by $80bn.

Tencent has reportedly shut down "AAA multiplayer" studio Team Kaiju

"Team Kaiju doesn't appear to exist anymore."

Court documents reveal Google considered partnering with Tencent to take over Epic

Fortnite maker's second antitrust lawsuit began earlier this month.

Tencent to become majority shareholder in Dying Light studio Techland

Will maintain "creative freedom".

Tencent invests in new triple-A studio from Playground Games co-founder

Studio will maintain "full control over its creative and publishing decisions."

Will Smith to star in forthcoming mobile RPG Undawn

He's started making trouble in our neighbourhood.

Tencent scales back VR hardware plans

"Under the company's new strategy as a whole, it no longer quite fit in."

China green-lights publishing 45 international games

The list includes Pokemon Unite, Don't Starve, and Valorant.

Tencent is "aggressively seeking" majority stakes in more gaming companies

A new strategy will focus on "buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies".

Former Sony exec joins Tencent

"I am excited to be working with them as interactive entertainment drives technology and innovation."

Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO canned because "it just got very complicated"

It shall not pass.

Tencent increases stakes in Ubisoft with €300m investment in Guillemot Bros

New mobile games on the horizon.

Sony, Tencent increase stake in Elden Ring developer FromSoftware

Now cometh the Age of Stars.

Nightdive Studios says the fate of a third System Shock game lies in Tencent's hands

"Tencent has the rights to the third game. That’s pretty much where it stands right now."

Fired Assassin's Creed creative director now at Tencent

Ashraf Ismail left Ubisoft in 2020.

League of Legends developer suing Mobile Legends for copyright

Double trouble.