Jumpinbeans on 26 October 2020
Tencent's gaming business :)
(although that would stir up a tonne of $hit)
Here are their holdings.....
- Full ownership of Riot Games, the American developers of Valorant and League of Legends[160]
- Full ownership of Norwegian publisher Funcom.[161][162]
- Full ownership of Swedish developer Sharkmob, founded in 2017 by ex-Ubisoft developers and fully acquired by Tencent in 2019.[163]
- 80% ownership in the New Zealand company Grinding Gear Games, the developers of the game Path of Exile.[164][165][166]
- Approximately 84% ownership in Finnish mobile game developer Supercell, makers of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale[167]
- 40% ownership of American developers Epic Games, the developer of popular online game Fortnite and widely used proprietary Unreal game engine[168]
- 20% ownership of Japanese publisher and developer Marvelous which owns G-Mode and the majority of Data East's intellectual properties including: BurgerTime, Joe & Mac, and Magical Drop franchises.[169]
- 18.6% ownership of Chinese company iDreamSky, which mainly develops and publishes mobile games for the Chinese market.
- 5% ownership of Chinese company Century Huatong, which operates games developed by FunPlus.[170] Tencent became a shareholder through an investment in Century Huatong's subsidiary Shengqu Games.[171]
- 17.66% ownership of South Korean mobile developer Netmarble.[172]
- Approximately 15% ownership of American mobile game developer Glu Mobile[173]
- 13.54% ownership of South Korean company Kakao, the parent company of South Korean publisher Kakao Games.[174][175]
- 9% ownership in UK developer Frontier Developments[176]
- 5% ownership of American holding company Activision Blizzard, the parent company of Activision, Blizzard and King[173]
- 5% ownership of Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive[173]
- 5% ownership in France's Ubisoft, purchased from Vivendi following Vivendi's failed attempt to buy out Ubisoft in March 2018[177][178]
- 1.5% ownership of South Korean company Bluehole, the publisher of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
- Majority ownership in Switzerland-based mobile game developer Miniclip[179]
- Capital Investment in Japanese developer PlatinumGames[180]
- Capital Investment in Reddit[181]
- Minority share in German developer Yager Development[182]
- Minority ownership of French mobile game developer Voodoo[183]
- Major share in Sweden's 10 Chambers Collective, the developer of GTFO[184]
