Public Competition
Esports firm VSPN considering an IPO
Known for Clash Royale and Honor of Kings tournaments
Top Of The World
Honor of Kings reigns as top-grossing mobile title in January 2021
Followed by PUBG Mobile
It's An Honour
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in December 2020
Followed by PUBG Mobile
Lockdown Lift
Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far
PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list
Money Money Money
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile title in November 2020
Followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact
Pgc Digital
Tencent generates $18.4 billion in Q3 2020
Online games revenue grew 45 per cent year-on-year
For Honour!
Honor of Kings hits 100 million daily active users
"Honor of Kings is only available in China, yet it is one of the most successful mobile games in the world"
It's An Honour
Honor of Kings reigns supreme as the top-earning mobile game in September
Followed by fellow Tencent title PUBG Mobile
Go Pro
The first all-female team joins Honor of Kings esports league
"Most teams believe that female gamers are not as capable as men"
Money Money Money
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in June 2020
PUBG Mobile came in at second
China Success
Will China be able to make a long-term success of its short-term gaming boom?
Nativex head of sales for Europe Ilya Gitlin digs into the data
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Garena's valuation has grown by 23 times in six years, according to Bitkfraft Ventures
Singaporean developer's value jump from $1 billion to $23 billion
North American Growth
Update: Ubisoft game director Scott Warner joins Tencent's TiMi Studios
Will take the role of studio director effective immediately
Game Down
Honor of Kings crashes on Chinese Labor Day
Tencent blamed the AI
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
367 Million
PGC Digital: Tencent's largest player base is female in Honor of Kings
Up 6.47 per cent from January 2020
Growing Ambition
Report: TikTok owner ByteDance expected to name Yan Shou as head of games
Currently overseeing strategy and investment unit
Making Money
PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020
The top grossing game of the month
"global Games Development"
Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends
"It is not our first cooperation with Activision and won't be the last"
Higher And Higher
Mobile games revenue increased by 13% to $61.7 billion in 2019
Honor of Kings tops the list for worldwide spending at $1.43 billion
Mobile Esports
Mobile esports games earned $15.3 billion in 2018
Over 51% of China’s domestic games market was grossed by mobile titles.
Perfect Growth
Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile and Perfect World power Tencent's smartphone revenue to $3.2bn in Q2
Overall online games business grew eight per cent to $3.9bn
Still Together
Tencent denies overseas marketing and sales team was disbanded over Arena of Valor woes
But does not touch on whether it will continue to support the game in Western markets
Perfect
Perfect World’s $100 million launch month dethrones Honor of Kings
Tencent's newest MMO has been raking in $4.5 million in player spending every day since launch
Rich As A King
Honor of Kings has made $4.5 billion since launch
295 million installs to date
Say What?
Tencent’s Honor of Kings generated more than $1 billion in February alone
Version 2.0 sparks huge boost in earnings for the mobile MOBA
Locked Down
Tencent applies digital lock restriction for young Chinese players that requires parental consent to play games
Guardians need to unlock games for kids under the age of 12
Calm Down
Honor of Kings skips past $4 billion in lifetime revenue
278 million downloads to date
Not Quite Noble
Tencent’s Arena of Valor takes $5m from the US as year anniversary approaches
The Chinese version, Honor of Kings, has made $3.7 billion in comparison since late-2015
Partnership News
DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan
Will Japan prove a successful venture for the hit MOBA?
Esports
Arena of Valor 2018 International Championship sports a $600,000 prize pool
Grand finals will take place in Thailand on December 15th to 16th
Oh
Tencent’s Westernised Arena of Valor takes $15m a year after launch
The US proved to be its most popular region
Big Brother
Tencent tests facial recognition to restrict gameplay time in Honor of Kings
Chinese publisher wants to check identity and age of players
Home Comforts
Tencent’s Honor of Kings rakes in over $3.5 billion in global revenue
China makes up 96 per cent of the total
Of Kings And Valour
From esports to Nintendo Switch: Tencent on its ambitions to grow Arena of Valor in the West
“The console space is an exciting one for us, and there really hasn’t been a big mobile game on the Switch device yet”
Suspended
Tencent suspends Arena of Valor global CM following sexual harassment accusations
Nick Zasowski to undergo full investigation following claims of inappropriate messages being sent to women
Valor
Tencent’s Arena of Valor breaks $3 million in revenue in the US
Tencent’s MOBA hits one million downloads
Not Bad
Tencent's Honour of Kings made $185 million in April 2018
Fortnite meanwhile generates $296 million across platforms
Tencent Financials
Tencent’s mobile games revenue up 68% to $3.4 billion in Q1 2018
But investors concerned by historically low operating margin
Fight Fight Fight
Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries
Tencent's MOBA mega-hit isn't winning everywhere
Quite Honorable
Tencent dangles extra Honor of Kings game time carrot to kids who get good grades
New in-game contracts will let children negotiate play time with their parents
Esports Tournament
Tencent to host $500,000 Arena of Valor World Cup in LA
Chinese publisher wants to create a large esports ecosystem for the hit MOBA
Superdata 2017 Year In Review
Tencent's megahit mobile MOBA Honor of Kings generated $1.9 billion in revenues in 2017
SuperData Research looks back on the year that was
Mobile Grossing Charts December 2017
Honor of Kings remained the highest grossing mobile game in the world in December 2017
SuperData Research shares its monthly grossing charts
King Of Monsters
Monster Strike was the top grossing game worldwide for the third year in a row in 2017
Honor of Kings would probably be on top if China had Google Play
America Of Valor
Tencent's popular mobile MOBA Honor of Kings lands in the US as Arena of Valor
Hasn't got off to an explosive start, but there's still time
Top Grossers October 2017
Honor of Kings topped the worldwide top grossing mobile charts again in October 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey falls back to second place
Sea Snapshot
Southeast Asia Snapshot: Southeast Asia’s mobile games market is booming
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad takes a look at Southeast Asia's app stores
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
The Game Awards 2017
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes receive Best Mobile Game nominations at The Game Awards 2017
Honor of Kings is up for Best Chinese Game