

According to Tencent’s official announcement on December 7, it is launching Level Infinite, “a new brand dedicated to delivering high-quality games to a global audience.” In addition to game development, Tencent’s global expansion is also focusing on game publishing. Tencent has not released any official statements regarding the new studio. “Timi” refers to Tencent’s Timi gaming studio, while “Kings” and “Peace” refer to two of Tencent’s mobile games. Tencent has already applied for many trademarks related to the metaverse, such as “Timi metaverse,” “Peace metaverse,” and “Kings metaverse” since the beginning of September. “We will contribute more efforts and resources into the metaverse than more people expected, Metaverse will be a core part of our business development in the future” said Pony Ma, according to a previous PingWest report.Īt China’s annual gaming event ChinaJoy in June, Tencent’s senior executive Liu Ming said the company will adopt Metaverse to develop a super virtual and digital scene where users can communicate with one another in real time. While Timi’s F1 studio described its games as “AAA, open-world”, and avoided using the term “metaverse”, several of Tencent’s high-level executives including its founder Pony Ma have spoken about metaverse on multiple occasions. The Singapore operation also aims to support TiMi’s recently established F1 studio, which is developing a metaverse-like gaming experience, according to SCMP. It will be Tencent’s first studio in the Southeast Asia tech hub and TiMi’s fourth overseas studio after Los Angeles, Seattle and Montreal, said SCMP. Tencent’s TiMi Studio, the developer of “Honor of Kings” “Pokémon UNITE” and “Call of Duty: Mobile”, is setting up a new studio in Singapore, according to SCMP citing people familiar with the matter. It will be Tencent’s first studio in the Southeast Asia tech hub.


Tencent expands footprints in Singapore, setting up a new game studio in the city-state Tencent expands footprints in Singapore, setting up a new game studio in the city-state - PingWest English 中文
