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Tencent is reportedly working on a AAA action-adventure game heavily inspired by the likes of Uncharted, The Last of Us and Tomb Raider.

Back in 2024, Square Enix announced plans to bring Final Fantasy 14 to mobile platforms. The game, developed in collaboration with Tencent, launched in China to start off with, and was due to become available globally this year. However, Square Enix has since decided to end the licensing agreement, so …

Tencent is reportedly preparing to sell off stakes in several Japanese studios as part of a broader shift in its investment strategy. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tencent is reassessing those deals and considering exits from studios it views as underperforming. One of the companies reportedly affected is Marvelous, …

It has only been a month since Highguard launched but the game's player base has only dwindled since then. Now after a round of layoffs, Wildlight Entertainment has revealed it will be shutting the game down.

Highguard burst on to the scene with very little build-up, but the game did receive criticism from the jump due to its positioning as the final game reveal at The Game Awards this year. Considering Wildlight is a brand-new studio, this caught many off guard but as it turns out, …

For months, Sony has been pushing ahead with its lawsuit against Tencent, claiming the company's game, Light of Motiram, infringes on its Horizon Zero Dawn IP. Now, the lawsuit has been settled, avoiding the need for a trial, and Light of Motiram has been removed from stores. As spotted by …

Splash Damage has had a rough time in recent years. The company had joined Tencent as part of the Chinese conglomerate's push into the western videogame market. After Splash Damage's promising Transformers game was cancelled earlier this year, the company took steps to split off from Tencent but unfortunately, the …

As part of the ongoing Sony v Tencent lawsuit, the PlayStation maker has revealed that they plan to release the Horizon Zero Dawn film by 2027.

Sony is currently locked in a legal battle with Tencent due to the latter’s announcement of Light of Motiram – an open world game which looks eerily similar to PlayStation’s Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West franchise. Previous revelations from the lawsuit included the fact that Tencent had previously pitched a Horizon game to Sony – which the console maker rejected. That said, this wasn’t the only potential project, with the two companies at one point planning to work on a new game based on The Last of Us.

LilliLandia Games is taking aim at the cosy game genre with its new title, Animula Nook. The game offers a fantasy life simulation, set in the Lilliputian world, blending whimsical characters with rich, interactive environments. The art style is inspired by modern cartoons. In Animula Nook, everyday objects will be …

Just yesterday, we reported on the lawsuit filed by Sony against Tencent as a result of the announcement of their Horizon: Zero Dawn ‘clone’ Light of Motiram. As part of the filings, the console maker (who typically picks and chooses when to share game sales data) has revealed that PlayStation’s Horizon franchise is nearing 40 million copies sold.

Sony is now suing Tencent for IP violations as a result of their recently announced Horizon: Zero Dawn “clone” Light of Motiram.

Ubisoft's share prices have been tumbling for a few years now and the company appeared to be on the brink of being forced to sell. However, Yves Guillemot has quickly cooked up a new plan, forming a new subsidiary company with Tencent to house Ubisoft's biggest IP. In partnership with …

As Ubisoft struggles to improve its share price, the company has been quietly evaluating all options behind the scenes, from selling off IP to a potential full company buyout. According to the latest reports, the current idea being floated behind the scenes is a spin-off move that will see Ubisoft …

It looks like the Nintendo Switch generation will be coming to an end very soon in China. This week, it was announced that the Switch eShop and all other online services will shut down in the region, starting in 2026.  Like most other game companies looking to break into the …

3 months after it was officially announced, Rebellion’s Battle Royale Project Archipelago has already been cancelled - with Concord's failure being the reason.

The hugely popular MMO from Square Enix, Final Fantasy 14, is officially heading to mobile. The developers plan to cram the entire story into the mobile version

Monster Hunter is coming to mobile in a more classic form. Monster Hunter Outlanders will feature a full open-world for hunters on the go.

The creator behind Dragon's Dogma, Hideaki Itsuno, has left Capcom after 30 years to form a new Japanese studio under Tencent.

Ubisoft has responded to recent reports that the company is in talks to sell. Ubisoft does not deny the report, but also stops shy of confirming.

Ubisoft might be preparing for a buyout following a string of poorly received games and rapidly dropping share prices. Guillemot may sell to Tencent.

Remedy Entertainment has tapped Tencent again, this time securing a €15 million loan to support the self-publishing of upcoming games like Control 2.

Visions of Mana, the latest JRPG in the classic series, officially launched this week but the studio behind it is now swiftly facing closure, as major Chinese gaming companies, NetEase and Tencent, look to reduce their investments in Japan. Ouka Studios, the studio behind Visions of Mana, is reportedly closing …

In recent years, Tencent has worked with some of the larger game publishers to bring major IP to mobile. The company is already working on a mobile version of Elden Ring for From Software, and next, the company may be bringing a version of Final Fantasy 14 to mobile devices.  …

It’s safe to say that 2024 has been a terrible year for the games industry. While from the outside, things might seem relatively okay – with new and great games coming out at a regular cadence – internally things are much more dire. In the wake of 10s of thousands …

In late 2023, Remedy gave us an update on Project Vanguard, announcing that the game was rebooted under the working title ‘Kestrel'. This was one of two experimental multiplayer games in the works at Remedy. Unfortunately, after evaluating the project once again, Remedy has now made the decision to cancel …

Remedy Entertainment is one of the most unique (and previously-underrated) AAA studios currently around, with the Finnish developers only recently seeing major commercial success with the likes of Control and Alan Wake 2. Following all the recent buzz surrounding Remedy, shareholder and video game holding company Tencent has now almost …

Last year with the launch of the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple made a few surprising gaming announcements. Now, several AAA studios are bringing their games to iOS devices, including the likes of Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding. Unfortunately, other acclaimed titles are going in a different direction, with a …

Tencent remains a rather controversial part of the video games industry, with the company appearing seemingly out of nowhere a couple years ago to swoop up a whole host of studios while investing in others. Despite the heavy investment, Tencent’s CEO recently revealed that he feels as though the company …

Epic Games has always had a well-maintained position within the games industry thanks to the popularity of the Unreal Engine. However, the company has grown a huge amount over the last six years thanks to Fortnite. This has allowed Epic to rapidly spent large amounts of cash but the expenditures …