China’s Tencent Holdings marked a return to revenue growth in the first quarter.
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China’s Tencent will release its flagship mobile game Honour of Kings globally by the end of the year as it pivots to the international gaming market.
Tencent shares were on track to fall by their most in a decade on Tuesday after a Chinese state media outlet branded online videogames “spiritual opium”.
Honour of Kings, Tencent’s flagship videogame, announced a record 100 million daily active users worldwide and said it was expanding into other genres.
Naspers affiliate Tencent will expand its age-verification system to encompass its entire games line-up, an unprecedented undertaking in response to growing criticism it encourages addiction among youngsters.
China is stepping up its scrutiny of online and mobile games, as the leading government-owned newspaper blasted Tencent Holdings’ Honour of Kings for harming children in the pursuit of profit. Tencent is one-third held by