Today,
mobile game company Supercell announced that teams from 36 organizations from around the world will be added to the hit (and very, very lucrative) title Clash Royale's eSports league.
For example, the most lucrative single
mobile games company Supercell generate about 85 % of their revenue with Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.
Not exact matches
Last year, after announcing the
Supercell deal, Tencent started distributing the Finnish
company's
games through its Chinese
mobile platforms.
BEST
MOBILE / HANDHELD
GAME Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) Clash Royale (Supercell) Pokémon Go (Niantic) Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital) Pokémon Sun / Moon (Game Freak / The Pokémon Comp
GAME Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) Clash Royale (
Supercell) Pokémon Go (Niantic) Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital) Pokémon Sun / Moon (
Game Freak / The Pokémon Comp
Game Freak / The Pokémon
Company)
The investment in
Supercell, the developer of Hay Day and Clash of Clans, reflects the growing global ambitions of Asian
companies like SoftBank in
mobile gaming, the fastest - growing part of the
game business.
Though many of the recent mergers and acquisitions initiated by Asian buyers involve Asia - based targets, SoftBank's purchase of a controlling stake in
Supercell is not the first deal for a Western
mobile game company.
Supercell is a
mobile game company headquartered in Finland.
«What is outstandingly impressive is the success of
mobile companies like
Supercell, who has released
games including Hay Day and Clash of Clans.
In short, not only do Tencent have their hugely successful internal
games in China, they now own the number 1 PC
game company (Riot
Games) and number 1
mobile game company (
Supercell), they also publish some of the most popular
games in China which have been developed by partners, and finally, they hold a stake in pretty much every gaming
company you can think of.
The third point is that Tencent continue to invest in
game related
companies,
Supercell being the most recent example, but before that they purchased Riot Games (League of Legends) and own stakes in Epic Games, Activision Blizzard, Glu
Mobile and many others.