Tencent has bought a controlling stake in the Swiss publisher and game developer Miniclip. Details of the transaction were not disclosed, – the resource reports Gameindustry.biz .
This is a significant step towards the conquest of the Western mobile market: the purchase of shares of the game studio provides Tencent with access to the 70 million audience of Miniclip games. The company’s main mobile project, 8 Ball Pool, according to press releases, has been downloaded more than 100 million times.
The management of Miniclip stated that cooperation with Tencent, in turn, will help the company to develop.
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