Tencent promoting socialism http://archive.is/0Zpbu >Tencent to bring world's hottest video game (PUBG) to China, promises socialist values >The move comes after China’s content regulator slammed the South Korean-made game, PUBG for short, last month for being too violent and said it would likely be blocked because it “severely deviates from socialist core values”. >Tencent, which recently outstripped Facebook Inc in market value, said it had won the exclusive rights to the game in China, and that it would modify the game in order to meet the requirements of China’s regulators and censors. >In its latest statement, the company said it would highlight the spirit of teamwork and fair competition from PUBG and ensure it delivers “healthy, positive cultural and value guidance, especially for underage users”. More archives for this: http://archive.is/HrNzz http://archive.is/m1MdG http://archive.is/oOnaI archive.is/sY1du (includes PUBG acquisition for those out of loop)

We also should come up with a basic theme for whatever OC we have. Let's look at the basic gist of Tencent >They are fucking HUGE as a company, their gaming branch is one of the biggest in the world and the company as a whole is the largest "investment holding company in the world" >They have their fingers in every pie >They are responsible for universally bad things entering video games >They're involved in corruption and sketchiness >They're coming for your video games and looking to grow more off you and your wallet

Old infographic that might be useful Censorship on Tencent's massive IM platform http://archive.is/ITTY9 >While Chinese users would naturally expect that Tencent would have to submit to local censorship regulations, the fact that the service is also filtering global users is troubling. WeChat garnered a significant amount of buzz last year as it grew to almost 300 million users, and Tencent even acknowledged that it was seeing a surge in international users. However, the messaging app could encounter problems if international users become worried that their conversations will be monitored or censored. http://archive.is/7tqAz >Tencent has a finger in both PUBG and its biggest competitor's (Epic Games' Fortnite) pies http://archive.is/hsR2V Tencent trying to get people addicted to mobile shit on console markets (Nintendo Switch) to combine/consolidate audiences to maximize profits http://archive.is/hsR2V >‘Honor of Kings,’ the Red-Hot Mobile Game in China, Tries to Crack the U.S. >The game, which allows teams of players to battle one another online, is so popular in China that Tencent earlier this year installed a curfew for young players after one state-run newspaper called it a “drug” and “poison.” >To make ‘Honor of Kings’ more appealing to Western players, Tencent added Wonder Woman, Batman and other heroes from the DC Comics universe, and renamed it ‘Arena of Valor.’

>>331458 https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/12/arena-valor-nintendo-switch-closed-beta-sign-ups-live-europeans/47842/ Connection post: they're porting it to the Switch

https://www.tencent.com/attachments_en/ProductlistofTencent2.pdf LOTS OF THINGS TO BE FOUND IN THIS

Tencent is partnered/invested with EA on a HUGE cash cow, FIFA 3 online; Tencent's capital and/or support may be the way that EA is still making money https://www.tencent.com/attachments_en/ProductlistofTencent2.pdf Activision China also made Call of Duty online which is fuckhuge in terms of revenue for them Capcom is on-board with them as well with the partnership/investment on Monster Hunter Online >yfw capcucks are just as cancerous as assfaggots players by contributing to this Tencent has appeared to have gotten the license to at least localize Path of Exile for China https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1970529 A reminder that anything made by Hi-Rez Studios (including Rocket League) gives money to Tencent

(archive later) '"Tencent gets involved in Rocket League in April to bring it to China and be more actively involved in game management; by September they create a crate and key microtransaction system. Before that point they'd been praised for "how they did microtransactions right" and now they have even redditors complaining about what happened''' (can't archive at the moment, at work) red*dit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/7fvzsr/can_have_a_discussion_about_the_state_of_rocket/ https://www.archive.pls/rocket-league/rocket-league-crate-and-key-microtransactions https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-is-coming-to-china/ http://pureplaystation.com/how-rocket-league-finally-did-microtransactions-right/2016/07/

Copy-pasted/mirrored from GG thread: >Back on topic, tencent isn't just investing into gaymen cash cows, they also have shekels into a bunch of other companies, including spotify https://archive.is/JmcYl <What sort of info are you looking for on tencent? They're a massive chinese company and have hands in nearly every single western videogame company. >according to China Daily, they surpassed Wells Fargo and became the world’s tenth biggest publicly traded company in terms of market value. >Riot games the makers of LoL is completely owned by Tencent >Tencent bought a majority stake worth $8.6 billion in Supercell, developers of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, two of the biggest mobile phone games in the world. >Back in 2013, Tencent bought a nearly 50% stake in Epic Games >the same year, Tencent participated in Activision Blizzard’s buyback from Vivendi. Tencent’s stake is $2.3 billion, giving them around 25% of the company which puts out Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. http://archive.is/nFa32 >>331462 >That explains why Rocket League was heavily advertised during the Game Awards

A couple of asides that come to mind in regards to Tencent: ^ On the mobile gaming front, they were responsible for the push for Nexon's properties to go mobile, like the failed Dungeon aNd Fighter Mobile (Dungeon Fighter Online in the west) game. * Related to the first, Tencent actually encourages the practice of gold farming, though this is a common feature when it comes to China-based online games. This is even in the face of stricter regulations on video games passed into laws, they're known to exploit loopholes.

Nintendo Deal With Tencent Paves Way for China Push https://archive.fo/koDA7 > For all its global popularity, Nintendo Co. has had relatively limited business in China. Now a deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd. has investors excited at the prospect that Nintendo’s Switch console and smartphone games could take off in one of the world’s biggest game markets. > Nintendo shares shot up by more than 7% to a nine-year high Tuesday as investors welcomed its deal to put one of China’s most popular videogames—Tencent’s “Honor of Kings”—on the Nintendo Switch this winter. The game is called “Arena of Valor” in Europe, and a U.S. launch under that name is set for later this year. > For the moment, the deal, disclosed last week in a Nintendo video posted online, doesn’t directly involve users in China because the Switch isn’t sold there. But it could be a precursor to further arrangements allowing Nintendo to sell the Switch and its mobile games in China, said people familiar with the thinking of Nintendo and Tencent executives. > “This is very positive in the longer term in getting Chinese publishers supporting the Switch,” said Macquarie Capital Securities analyst David Gibson. He said he expected Nintendo to introduce the Switch in China by March 2019. > China is the world’s largest smartphone game market, and “Honor of Kings,” first released two years ago, is one of its standout hits. Research firm App Annie said the game was the top-grossing app in China during the second quarter of this year, earning some $87 million a month on average on Apple Inc.’s iOS platform. > The game, a battle between five-player teams, has been so popular that this summer, Tencent imposed daily playing-time limits on players aged 18 and under and imposed a curfew for children 12 and under. It was introduced in Europe in August. > For 15 years starting in 2000, China blocked videogame console makers from its market, saying the consoles could hurt young people’s education. After it opened up in 2015, Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. released their latest consoles. Nintendo held back, in part because consoles remain a niche product in a country where consumers are used to playing on smartphones and personal computers. Nintendo has sold a version of its 3DS handheld device in China, but it drew less traction than in the U.S. or Japan. > People familiar with Nintendo’s thinking said it has been looking for ways to expand in China and sees Tencent as a possible partner, although they cautioned that nothing is in place yet. They said Nintendo looked at selling its Wii U console in China but dropped the plan. > In addition to the Switch, which went on sale in March, Nintendo has moved into smartphone games globally since last year with titles such as “Super Mario Run.” If the company makes a big push in China, it would likely look for ways to make those games available to Chinese smartphone users, analysts said. > The Tencent-Nintendo deal also has implications beyond China because it suggests that Tencent is getting more aggressive about reaching customers beyond its home market. > “Tencent’s approach outside China has been to invest in gaming companies that augment its existing games and pipeline in China,” said Daniel Ahmad, an analyst at Niko Partners who follows the Chinese game market. “Now we’re seeing Tencent start to bring its own internal games to the West.” > Meanwhile, the addition of the Tencent game to Nintendo’s Switch lineup suggests rising third-party support for the console, a key factor for its long-term success, said Macquarie’s Mr. Gibson. > Sony’s PlayStation 4 has many more units sold because it has been on the market for nearly four years, but Mr. Ahmad of Niko Partners said the Switch’s smartphone-like aspects, such as portability and a built-in touch screen, attracted game makers such as Tencent that are used to smartphones. > Over Fence Co., a small game developer in Tokyo, said it found it easier to win attention when it introduced its puzzle game “Flip Wars” for the Switch because the field of software competitors isn’t as crowded compared to smartphones. It said it was preparing several more Switch titles.