Tencent’s pending acquisition of Clash Royaledeveloper Supercell for some $8.6 billion has been major news in the games industry.
So it’s no surprise that our most popular article of the week was how Tencent is taking out an enormous $3.5 billion in loans to help fund one of the games industry’s biggest ever deals.
Job losses and new jobs
In second place was the sad news that DeNA is shutting down its US operations as it retreats back to Japan and Asia.
Thirdly, Rovio Stockholm GM Patrick Liu has left to join Spotify as Reginaldo Valadares takes charges at the studio.
Finally, we got the news that Warlords developer Black Anvil has been shut down as part of job cuts at Wooga, and we take a look at the history of game engine, the race to the bottom and the warnings it offers for the future.
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