Arena of Valor, Tencent‘s popular MOBA, has been a huge success since its release and attracted a huge player base. The game has become so popular that even has its own eSports gaming competition called the “Valor Series” where players compete for prizes.

Most recently the regular season of Valor Series has concluded leaving four U.S. teams — Allegiance, Immortals, Dino Riders and Team Upsla — advancing to the final round. As part this final round of competition will be hosted at E3 later this year.

After the six week season, these four teams will have a chance to compete to head the Arena of Valor World Cup set for this July in Los Angeles. At the World Cup the prize pool has amassed more than $500,000, a pretty impressive number, to be split amongst the winners. Those following the Valor Series closely can see the team rankings here. Arena of Valor is available for free on the App Store, however, there are in-app purchases. Continue reading this post ->

We’ve all heard about Marvel’s widely popular movie Avengers: Infinity War, but let’s not forget about DC Comics for a second. Iconic DC superhero, The Flash, has recently made his way to Tencent‘s popular MOBA Arena of Valor. For those that don’t know, Arena of Valor is a 5v5 MOBA with matches taking place for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. As such, there’s over 40 different heroes to play as with The Flash being recently added.

As part of consistent content updates, The Flash joins other DC Universe characters like Wonder Woman, The Joker, and Superman with more to be added later on down the road. Players who choose to fight as The Flash can deal damage with special moves like sonic boom, super speed, mach punch and cyclone. Continue reading this post ->

Tencent and PUBG Corp. have announced that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile, the mobile version of the massively popular Battle Royale game is now available for iOS. PUBG has been a very popular success on PC, and because of that the developers have joined with Tencent to create the mobile version.

“We are very excited to launch PUBG Mobile on iOS and Android internationally,” said Chen Jerry, Corporate Vice President of Tencent & President of Lightspeed & Quantum Studios Group. “We are working hard to create an authentic PUBG mobile experience that players new and old will love. A lot of went into controls and optimization to give players a smooth and intuitive experience.”

After a beta launch in Canada, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile is slowly rolling out globally to cope with the demand. The game is an adaptation of the PC version with a few minor changes (like controls) and offers the same multiplayer fun. With PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a battle royale-style game that pits the player against 99 others to search for weapons and fight to be the last standing.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile is available for free on the App Store by clicking here and requires iOS 9 or later. Continue reading this post ->

Tencent Games has recently revealed plans for a series of global mobile esports tournaments, starting with the Arena of Valor World Cup. Set to take place this July in Los Angeles, the tournament is offering a prize pool of more than $500,000 USD to those who participate and win. For those that don’t know, Arena of Valor is Tencent popular fast-paced 5v5 MOBA with gameplay optimized for mobile devices.

Arena of Valor World Cup will serve as the North American premiere international tournament for the world’s top players, however, that is just the start. We’ve been told that Tencent plans to roll out a schedule for localized and collegiate-level tournaments later this season across the country. Overtime Tencent plans to develop a esports ecosystem around the game, with last year featuring the Arena of Valor International Championship that took place in South Korea.

Right now this is all the information made available to us at the moment, however, additional event details like ticket sales, location, and registration will be available soon. Continue reading this post ->

The highly anticipated massive online battle arena (MOBA) title from Tencent Games, Arena of Valor, has officially opened pre-registration on iOS and Android. Gamers that pre-register will receive a variety of exclusive in-game rewards and items come the official release of Arena of Valor. From what we are told, the rewards will include item skins and in-game currency.

Arena of Valor features a competitive 5v5 experience perfected mobile devices, including teamfights in short 10 to 15 minute matches. Word on the street has it that Tencent has partnered with the award winning music composer Hans Zimmer to produce the game’s soundtrack. In addition the developers have partnered with DC Comics to make superheroes from the DC universe playable heroes.

Right now there’s no word on an exact release date for the West or North America version of the game, however, we’ll be sure to keep you updated. Continue reading this post ->

Animoca Brands has recently announced that they have entered into an exclusive agreement with China-based digital entertainment and technology company Tencent to distribute one of their mobile games across the WeChat platform in five countries. Thanks to this new deal, Armies of Dragons will be distributed on WeChat in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The title will be distributed on the platform for a period of one year, on a revenue share agreement for funds generated from in-app purchases. From what we’re told, Armies of Dragons will be available for download on WeChat in November 2015.

The partnership with Animoca Brands related to an ongoing push from WeChat to diversify their offerings and expand into new areas. The deal also includes the right of first negotiation to exclusively publish and distribute sequel titles or games substantially similar to Armies of Dragons. For those who are new to the game, it is a medieval-themed tower defense strategy game originally released in August 2014 and has gathered 750,000 downloads. Continue reading this post ->