Latest Tencent Games News
Tuesday16th Dec 2025
News Hyper Realistic Shooter Unrecord Will Now 'Accelerate Development' With Tencent
"We’re confident this collaboration will help us"
Remember back in 2023 when Drama Studios' FPS Unrecord went viral for basically looking like real life? Well, news on the game has been pretty scarce since - but today, we're hearing that mega-publisher Tencent has stepped in to help fund and release the full product. Yep, coming by way of
Wednesday1st Oct 2025
News Ubisoft Forms 'Vantage Studios' To Work On Some Of Its Biggest Franchises
Including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry & more
After several months of planning and seeking other forms of investment, Ubisoft's move to create a spin-off games company to work on some of its biggest franchises is now up and running. Coming straight from the company itself, Ubisoft and Tencent have now created 'Vantage Studios' to develop and distribute...
Friday28th Mar 2025
News Ubisoft Shares Spike By 10% After Tencent Invests $1 Billion Into New Subsidiary
"Ubisoft is opening a new chapter in its history"
Last night, Ubisoft announced a "new chapter in its history" with the reveal that Tencent is investing $1.16 billion into a new subsidiary, and the company's shares have reportedly spiked by over 10% as a result of the news. To break down all the complicated jargon, this is based around Assassin's...
Friday14th Mar 2025
News Ubisoft IP Could Cost Buyers More Than The Company Itself, Says Report
A pricey endeavour
Earlier this week, we heard that Microsoft has seemingly held talks with Ubisoft about buying some of the French company's gaming IP - and a fresh report tells us that purchasing these franchises would likely cost a pretty penny for the Xbox owner, if they were to go ahead and pick anything up. By way of a new report from outlet...
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
Report Ubisoft Founders Considering A New Business 'Venture' Using Certain Franchises
Which franchises? We're not sure.
The latest twist in the ongoing Ubisoft drama has occurred today, with outlet Bloomberg delivering a fresh report on what's happening behind the scenes at the French game maker. According to this new report, Ubisoft's founders — the Guillemot family — along with major shareholder Tencent, are considering...
Monday24th Jul 2023
News Tencent Will Soon Become 'Majority Shareholder' Of Dying Light Developer Techland
The dev is "happy to announce the partnership"
As Microsoft continues to try and push through its mammoth Activision Blizzard deal, gaming industry consolidation continues elsewhere. Today, the team behind Dying Light at Techland has announced that Chinese mega-publisher Tencent will soon become its "majority shareholder" - effectively taking...
Tuesday2nd Aug 2022
News Logitech Is Working With Xbox On A Dedicated Cloud Gaming Handheld
Tencent and Nvidia are also in on development
We've been banging on about a dedicated handheld system for years in Xbox land haven't we, and it's just something we never got despite successful efforts from both PlayStation and Nintendo. Well, with cloud gaming on the rise, Logitech and Tencent are stepping in to create something of the sort. Okay,...
Thursday13th May 2021
News Tencent's TiMi Forms 'Strategic Partnership' With Xbox Game Studios
"Will revolve around new game experiences"
TiMi Studios, a Chinese developer skilled in mobile development and owned by the industry giant Tencent, has formed a "strategic partnership" with Xbox Game Studios. This news comes from Niko Partners' senior analyst, Daniel Ahmad, but at this stage there's not much information about what exactly is...
Friday3rd Jul 2020
News Tencent Opens US Studio, Working On AAA Game For Xbox Series X
Led by Rockstar veteran Steve Martin
Publisher Tencent Games is opening a new studio in the US, led by Rockstar veteran Steve Martin (via GamesIndustry.biz). The new developer is called Lightspeed LA, and is already working on a next-gen AAA open world game for Xbox Series X and PS5. It has recruited team members with experience at the likes of...
