Tencent to team up with Nintendo’s Pokemon in gaming joint venture
The deal gives Nintendo access to the huge Chinese gaming market, while Tencent gains a strong franchise to bolster its global presence
22 July 2019 - 18:15
Hong Kong — Tencent and Pokemon will jointly develop games, an alliance that may help the Nintendo-backed company crack the world’s largest mobile gaming arena.
Tencent, whose WeChat social media service is used by more than a billion people across China, said its TiMi Studio Group will take the lead in developing titles with the Japanese company behind the popular monster-hunting franchise. The two have struck a broad agreement on collaboration, Tencent said in a post on its official Weibo blog without elaborating...
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