
Tencent quietly launches its WeGame store outside China
WeGame X is supposed to compete with Steam and the Epic Games Store, but it only has 17 games available right now
Or is it?
This week, without any fanfare, Tencent quietly released WeGame X to the world, with an early access version available.

It’s uncharacteristic of Tencent to launch WeGame X in such secrecy. This may be because WeGame X in its current form really doesn’t have much to offer: Right now there are just 17 games available for download.
While many of these games are decent (albeit small) titles, they don’t pull the kind of numbers as popular titles like Fortnite, The Division 2, World War Z or Satisfactory, which Epic Games Store has available.
Tencent, China’s social and entertainment giant
So as of today, what exactly Tencent’s market positioning for WeGame X? It looks like Tencent is just testing the waters for now.
“WeGame X is a product WeGame is testing to serve its global users,” a Tencent representative told Abacus. “We hope with the maturation of this product, we can bring more Chinese games overseas to cater to multiple gamer demographics.”
WeGame X is seemingly produced in partnership with Entropy Game Global, according to the privacy policy. It also says that servers are located in “Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.”

So what do Chinese gamers think about WeGame X now that it’s finally here? Rather than celebrating or criticizing it, many wonder if WeGame X and Epic Games Store will work together... or end up cannibalizing one another.
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