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There’s a new Pokémon game being made by China’s Tencent
Tencent’s Timi Studio, the team behind Arena of Valor and Call of Duty Mobile, is co-developing a new game with The Pokémon Company
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Guess who’s making a Pokémon game? Tencent’s Timi Studio. The studio behind Arena of Valor and Call of Duty Mobile has just signed a contract with The Pokémon Company to co-develop a new game.
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No further details have been released, so we still don’t know what the game is or when it’ll be released, but it’s an exciting development for the huge Pokémon franchise to finally make a splash in China.
It’s clear that The Pokémon Company has been eyeing up China for a while now, with varying degrees of success. 2016’s Pokémon Sun and Moon were released in Chinese at the same time as the English and Japanese versions. But on the flipside, global sensation Pokémon Go is still not available in China.
But the thirst for Pokémon in China is clear. Recently, a knock-off game called Let’s Go Pokémon Mobile went viral due to how polished it looked.
And NetEase recently said that it’s bringing free-to-play title Pokémon Quest to the country. Which makes it all the more surprising that The Pokémon Company’s partner on this brand new game is NetEase’s biggest rival, Tencent.
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So what do we know about the co-developer of the game, Timi Studio?
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