Can Pokémon help Tencent crack the West?

TiMi Studio bets on their new Pokémon game can do for Tencent what Arena of Valor couldn’t

TiMi has done great in China. But can it catch ‘em all internationally with a new Pokémon game? (Picture: Unsplash)

Tencent’s TiMi Studio made one of the hottest games in China, but it hasn’t had much luck in the rest of the world. Now it’s making a bet on Pokémon to help change that.

TiMi is the studio that brought the world Arena of Valor, the international version of the Chinese blockbuster multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Honor of Kings. The game didn’t take off elsewhere the way it did in China, though. So the studio is now trying something different, teaming up with The Pokémon Company to work on a brand new Pokémon game.
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