COD Mobile reached over 100 000 000 downloads in just one week. It is the best result in the whole industry, and this numbers are not including CHINA!

iOS has way more Downloads, but less Unique Players than Android. Apple users often tried the game on iPhone, but due to amount of details, switched to iPad's instead.

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After #Microsoft shut down its B2B #VR department, #Tencent also decided to avoid risks and not invest in VR devices...

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-tencent-no-longer-interested-in-creating-vr-hardware

According to several sources, #Tencent wants to buy #Ubisoft for the second time. The last time their shares were $100, now about ten times less...

#Finance #Business

Tencent removes directors from Epic Games after Justice Dept. inspection. The Justice Department voiced concerns that Tencent was being anti-competitive by appointing its own directors to Epic, which it only has a minority stake in.

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They really did it: Ubisoft founded a secondary company and Tencent bought 25% of its shares for €1.16B. The idea behind the company is that it now owns Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, and some other IPs.

This sounds slightly odd, since the new company worth more than 4 Billion, while the Ubisoft itself is around 2 Billion.

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