The Chinese portal GameLook calculated that the mobile version of Age of Empires has generated 100 million yuan (approximately 13.89 million dollars) for TiMi Studios since its release on October 17.

After a series of rumors about layoffs and reorganization within Tencent’s subsidiaries, TiMi Studio Group and LightSpeed Studios, the corporation officially stated that this information is false.

In August 2020, Ubisoft fired Ashraf Ismail, the creative director of Assassin’s Creed, amid a scandal: allegedly, the developer used his official position and, being married, had numerous affairs. But, as Axio s found out, Ismail soon got a job in the Montreal office of TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent.

Tencent has restructured its “daughter” TiMi Studio Group. The company has divided one of the Call of Duty: Mobile developer divisions into several new studios with their own tasks.

Tencent and TiMi Studios have announced a game based on the popular mobile MOBA Honor of Kings. It’s called Honor of Kings: World. It will be an open-world RPG that will be released “on multiple platforms.”

TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent, announced the launch of F1, a branch for the development of AAA games with an open world. There is a version that the opening of a new studio is one of Tencent’s steps towards the development of the global metaverse. TiMi refutes these rumors.

Xbox Game Studios and TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, have announced their first joint project. They will develop a mobile version of Age of Empires. According to analysts, such a partnership will help Xbox strengthen in the Asian market and attract a new audience to its “big” franchises

TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, has an office in Montreal. The new studio will develop a multiplatform AAA game with an open world. In the future, based on this project, a full-fledged game metaverse from TiMi Studios may appear.

TiMi Studios, known for the mobile hits Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings, intends to make multiplatform AAA games. To do this, Tencent’s subsidiary studio announced the opening of a new office in Seattle. It was headed by veterans of the gaming industry who worked on the Battlefield and Halo series.The new office will open before the end of 2021.

Xbox Game Studios will now work closely with the Chinese TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent and the developers of Honor of Kings and Call of Duty: Mobile. We are talking about creating game content, but both companies have not yet disclosed the details of the partnership.This became known today from the official press release.

To correct the balance of weapons in Call of Duty: Mobile, developers from TiMi Studios and Activision had to collect community reviews and test them in practice using limited playtests. Matt Lewis, the general manager of the game and vice president of the publisher’s mobile direction, told about the difficulties encountered.Matt Lewis’ original column was published on Gamasutra on May 12.

Chinese TiMi Studios is part of Tencent and is known for such hits as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. Last year, its revenue reached a fabulous $10 billion. Now the company intends to make not only mobile games, but also projects for other platforms.This is reported by Reuters with reference to two sources familiar with the situation.