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RUMOUR, Tencent to buy Capcom? (Need a better translation, please)

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Ok, the website is foreign, but it has adult images on it too so unsure if I can post the link

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  近日,有消息爆料称,日本游戏开发商CAPCOM或接受中国公司以入股形式曲线登录中国市场。而与CAPCOM进入实质性谈判的公司或为腾讯公司(相关报道:传CAPCOM登录中国市场 或接受国内游戏商入股)。如果这一入股消息属实的话,那么这即是腾讯互娱在近几年来投资国际公司案例中又一巨幅手笔。

  近年来腾讯公司的并购事件大幅度的增加,腾讯大手笔并购或战略投资国外知名公司,从而建立起日益庞大的互动娱乐帝国。下面一起来盘点下近年来腾讯投资的海外游戏巨头。

  腾讯投资大手笔不断,海外游戏巨头一一囊括囊中

  2011年,在腾讯对外投资的十余家外部公司中,投资资金最大的项目是美国游戏公司Riot Games。截至2011年末,腾讯累计对Riot Games公司投入24.4亿元人民币,取得对方92.78%股权。

  2012年,腾讯获得Epic Games公司少数股份,具体股份数目还未可知。Epic Games成立21年来,Epic Games以《战争机器》(Gears of War)系列和虚幻引擎(Unreal Engine)闻名,本次腾讯购得少数股权事件是该公司自成立21年以来首次接受境外投资。

  2013年,知名游戏开发商动视暴雪斥资58.3亿美元,回购了其母公司法国维旺迪(Vivendi)持有的部分股权,国内互联网巨头腾讯也参与到了此次交易中,并以唯一产业投资者的身份,通过战略入股,腾讯拥有动视暴雪约6%的股份。

  2014年,据传日本著名的游戏软件开发商CAPCOM为进一步深耕中国市场,将接受腾讯入股形式启动合作。手握多款品牌大作的CAPCOM,将成为腾讯互娱接下来新十年战略中的重要助力。

  

游戏领域全触及,腾讯投资的国际公司案例一览

  可以从上图中看到,腾讯的海外游戏布局主要分为几个层次:

  1、技术底层

  虚幻引擎研发团队EPIC Games

  2、开发商

  最著名的包括:暴雪(占股6%)和LOL开发商Riot(收购)

  在韩国联手风投基金公司Capstone Partners投资了许多开发商,包括:

  Reloaded Studios(代表作品:腾讯运营《THE DAY》)

  Redduck(代表作品:腾讯运营《战地之王》)

  Eyedentity Games(龙之谷开发厂商,后被盛大全资收购)

  GH Hope Island(代表作品:TPS游戏开发中)

  Topping(代表作品:腾讯运营《NX飞行战记》)

  Studio Hon(代表作品:悠游网代理运营的《守护者OL》,

  Next Play(代表作品:腾讯运营《QQ仙境》)

  在美国投资游戏开发工作室Vanilla Plain

  3、发行商

  新加坡游戏出版运营商Level Up(是巴西及菲律宾主要的游戏出版商和运营商之一)

  美国游戏发行商OutSpark

  4、社区、平台、渠道欧洲游戏资讯和工具网站

  ZAM韩国即时语音通讯应用KaKao Talk游戏发现社区Raptr

  5、周边工具

  移动游戏视频录制公司Kamcord

  移动游戏人物形象设计 RunWilder

  通过图标可以看出,腾讯腾讯的触角极为广阔,不止是开发商,在平台、工具,甚至技术底层领域都有涉及。在通过布局海外并购市场,网罗各项现金技术,腾讯将继续扩大其中国网游开发运营市场的领头羊优势。 再逛逛>>


I'm willing to post the link to the news story if a mod gives the all clear though, I dont want to get banned for linking this story as it has adult images on the site too.





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Recently, news broke that the Japanese game developer CAPCOM or receive shares of Chinese companies in the form of curves login Chinese market. CAPCOM into substantive negotiations with the company or Tencent (Related: Biography CAPCOM login Chinese market or the domestic game companies to receive shares ). If the stake is true, then this is another entertainment that is a huge mine Tencent mutual investment in recent years in the case of international companies.

Substantial increase in M ​​& A events in recent years, Tencent, Tencent big acquisitions or strategic investments known foreign companies, in order to establish an increasingly large interactive entertainment empire. Following up inventory in recent years under foreign gaming giant Tencent investment.

Tencent generous investment ever, won eleven overseas gaming giant bag

In 2011, foreign investment in Tencent, more than a dozen outside companies, investment funds biggest project is the American game company Riot Games. At the end of 2011, Tencent invested a total of Riot Games company 2.44 billion yuan, and achieved 92.78% equity interest in each other.

2012, Epic Games Tencent get a minority stake in the company, the specific number of shares in doubt. Epic Games was founded 21 years ago, Epic Games to the "war machine" (Gears of War) series and the Unreal Engine (Unreal Engine) is famous for this event Tencent acquired a minority stake in the company since its inception 21 years since the first call for foreign investment.

2013, the well-known game developer Activision Blizzard to spend $ 5.83 billion to buy back a stake in its French parent company Vivendi (Vivendi) holds, the domestic Internet giant Tencent also involved in the transaction, and the only industry the identity of investors through strategic stake, Tencent has about 6% of Activision Blizzard shares.

2014, reportedly famous Japanese game software developer CAPCOM market to further establish itself in China, Tencent shares will be accepted in the form of start cooperation. Holding a variety of brand masterpiece of CAPCOM, Tencent will become the next new year strategic mutual entertainment is an important boost.

Full touch game field, international investment company Tencent List of Cases

You can see from the picture above, Tencent overseas game layout is divided into several levels:

1, the underlying technology

EPIC Games Unreal Engine development team

2, developers

The most famous include: Blizzard (6% of total shares) and LOL developer Riot (acquisition)

Many developers have invested joint venture in Korea fund Capstone Partners, including:

Reloaded Studios (Representative works: Tencent operators "THE DAY")

Redduck (Representative works: Tencent operation "Battlefield of the King")

Eyedentity Games (Dragon Valley development company, after Shanda acquired wholly-owned)

GH Hope Island (Representative works: TPS game development)

Topping (Representative works: Tencent operators "NX flight Wars")

Studio Hon (Representative works: youyouwang agents operating in "Keeper OL",

Next Play (Representative works: Tencent operators "QQ Wonderland")

U.S. investment in game development studio Vanilla Plain

3, distributors

Singapore game publishing operator Level Up (game publishers in Brazil and the Philippines and one of the major carriers)

U.S. game publisher OutSpark

4, communities, platforms, channels and tools for the European game information website

ZAM Korean instant voice messaging applications KaKao Talk Game found community Raptr

5, the surrounding tools

Video recording mobile gaming company Kamcord

Mobile game characters designed RunWilder

Icons can be seen by Tencent Tencent tentacles extremely broad, not just developers, platform, tools, and even the underlying technologies are involved in the field. Market through overseas acquisitions in the layout, the quest for the cash technology Tencent will continue to expand its Chinese online game developer and operator of market leader advantage.
 

Vanillalite

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Bombs they be droppin!

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kuroneco

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Capcom is so love f2p it is better they just shut their console department down. They are not making anything anyway.

Tencent can make way better f2p using their ips.
 

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Let's wait until we get a better, non-Google, translation for this news so we know exactly what Tencent and Capcom are doing.
 
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