Gao said TiMi will do better at respecting intellectual property rights. But Tencent’s global ambitions go well beyond the title nicknamed “CoD.” TiMi alone is already working with several international companies to introduce games in the shooter, role-playing and other categories, Gao said, though he wouldn’t specify titles.ĪLSO READ: Tencent scores game approvals in China after months-long freezeīut the executive did address one area of concern for developers: that their work will get copycatted. It’s unclear how Tencent will share revenue with Activision or other parties. We’re very determined in that strategy,” Gao said. TiMi “has its heart set on expanding globally. The overseas version of that same title struck gold in Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, according to Randy Nelson, head of mobile insights at consultancy SensorTower.Īttendees watch a preview for Activision Blizzard Inc's Call of Duty WWII video game for the Sony Corp.PlayStation during a Sony event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, US, on June 12, 2017. TiMi is the largest of its four main creative studio groups, thanks to the breakout success of Honour of Kings. Tencent encourages internal competition when it comes to developing games. Tencent has never had a team stationed in Europe and, in fact, planned to hire more developers for its American unit, he added. Gao denied reports that the company has disbanded the overseas marketing and sales team for Arena of Valor, the international version of the battle arena hit Honour of Kings. But the Chinese giant is eyeing eventual launches in the US and Japan as well as across Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. #SOURCES TENCENT TIMI HONOR KINGS DUTY FULL#Tencent’s mobile version is currently in beta-testing and it hasn’t set a date for a full public roll-out, Gao said. It picked Call of Duty, a first-person shooter developed by Activision Blizzard Inc, to spearhead an international drive because it’s one of the best-selling game franchises of all time. It’s casting its net globally to diversify away from a slowing domestic economy amid Sino-US trade tension. In May, Tencent reported its slowest pace of sales expansion since going public in 2004. Like arch-foe Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the Chinese internet powerhouse is keen to sustain its rapid-fire growth. “In the future, we plan to introduce more categories with top-tier game developers.” “We’ve accumulated a lot of experience from developing mobile games in the past, and we think we have a pretty good chance of exporting our know-how,” Gao said in an interview. But it is eyeing eventual launches in the US and Japan as well as across Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia Tencent’s mobile version is currently in beta-testing and it hasn’t set a date for a full public roll-out. It’s a move that helps the WeChat-operator hedge against slowing growth and regulatory clampdowns at home, as the government weeds out violent content online and curbs screen time for teenagers. READ MORE: Tencent to release Game of Thrones mobile game in ChinaĪfter years of importing games in their entirety to entertain its billion-plus social media users at home, Tencent is reversing its playbook by adapting popular titles for mobile and then exporting them overseas. Tencent now plans to expand that team by hiring more developers abroad, and also explore other genres to target international gaming aficionados, said Palo Alto-based Vincent Gao, overseas marketing director for Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group and Arena of Valor. The world’s largest game developer plans to tap the marketing and distribution network it built when rolling out hack-and-slash hit Arena of Valor. Tencent Holdings Ltd plans to roll out marquee title Call of Duty Mobile to markets from the US and Europe to Latin America, accelerating efforts to plumb new avenues of growth as uncertainty grips its Chinese home market.
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