KUALA LUMPUR: Tencent Games unveiled a new chapter in innovative gameplay and quality games with a roadmap of more than 40 game product updates, including new self-developed and licensed games with fan favourite intellectual property (IP).
At Tencent's annual Games Annual Conference which was held online this year, Tencent's senior vice president, Steven Ma, who opened the conference demonstrated Tencent's role in adapting famous global franchises for cross-platform games.
With the theme "Spark More!", Ma revealed that Tencent Games' strategy will be revolving around three core elements--Technology, Gameplay and Storylines, which will drive evolution of the game industry further.
"Globally, the popularity of new technologies is accelerating, the innovation cycle of gameplay is shortening, and the creation of story IP is also becoming richer," Ma said.
"The game industry is at the stage for a new generation of exciting possibilities. There is no better time than now to seize the opportunity, nurture our imaginations, explore new boundaries of creativity, and bring new values to the game community."
At the Annual Conference, Tencent Games announced several new partnerships and new game titles with popular game IP franchises, including:
• Unnamed Metal Slug mobile game: Tencent Games' TiMi Studios announced a new partnership with SNK CORPORATION to develop a new yet-to-be-named mobile game, for the classic arcade franchise Metal Slug. The partnership follows in the footsteps of TiMi's global development efforts on Call of Duty: Mobile and Arena of Valor, both of which have reached massive audiences worldwide.
• Mobile Dungeon&Fighter: Dungeon&Fighter IP is a world-famous entertainment franchise developed by NEOPLE INC and published by Tencent Games in China.
The new Dungeon&Fighter mobile title will be built on the franchise's iconic 2D arcade-style side-scrolling action gameplay, deep immersive multiplayer role-playing game (RPG) elements and continuously evolving storyline.
Besides that, Tencent Games also released SYN, a tech demo of open world first person shooting (FPS) games marketed for PC and console games. The demo is developed by Tencent Games' Lightspeed and Quantum Studios, leveraging Epic Games' strand based hair system to push forward state of the art real time graphics in a cyberpunk style world with an intriguing universe and striking visuals.