On Tuesday at 8pm GMT+8, Tencent put on its annual Spark showcase, where it highlighted a bunch of new games the tech giant is involved with.
I watched the 4hr stream on WeChat, and although there was no talk about Web3, I wanted to highlight some of my standout picks and share some key takeaways that I believe apply to all game businesses, including those leveraging blockchain technology.
I’ll leave links to all the games mentioned and include a full list of games at the end. Feel free to DM me on TG if you want links to all clips from the stream (only if you have WeChat).
The Games:
Out of the 39 trailers shown throughout the stream, 25 were directly involved with Tencent. This included 7 internally developed games, 13 games published by Tencent, and 5 games that had received investment from Tencent.
Out of these titles, I have selected 5 to highlight here:
王者荣耀世界 (Honor of Kings World)
The highly anticipated action RPG from the Tencent studio behind Honor of Kings (王者荣耀), the highest-grossing mobile game of all time. The game looks like a cross between Devil Ma
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