Tencent Holdings is aiming to replicate the broad success of first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Mobile, which was developed from the blockbuster console gaming franchise of Activision Blizzard. Photo: Handout
Tencent Holdings is aiming to replicate the broad success of first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Mobile, which was developed from the blockbuster console gaming franchise of Activision Blizzard. Photo: Handout
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Tencent targets more console games as industry booms amid health crisis lockdowns and social distancing

  • The Chinese internet giant recently closed deals with Japanese console gaming developers Marvelous and PlatinumGames
  • A collaboration with Activision Blizzard resulted in Tencent’s most successful console-to-smartphone gaming effort to date, Call of Duty: Mobile

Josh Ye
Josh Ye

Updated: 12:52pm, 28 May, 2020

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Tencent Holdings is aiming to replicate the broad success of first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Mobile, which was developed from the blockbuster console gaming franchise of Activision Blizzard. Photo: Handout
Tencent Holdings is aiming to replicate the broad success of first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Mobile, which was developed from the blockbuster console gaming franchise of Activision Blizzard. Photo: Handout
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