A few weeks after announcing his departure from 343 Industries, Nicolas Bouvier has joined AAA studio Team Kaiju. He is another Halo veteran at the new development subsidiary of Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group.

Ashraf Ismail stepped down from a top position at Ubisoft in 2020 following allegations of misconduct. However, it’s been revealed that he quickly managed to find a new job at one of Tencent’s subsidiaries.

Return to Empire has broken into the top 10 highest-grossing games on iOS in the first 24 hours since its launch in China. It is a mobile version of Age of Empires available exclusively in the country.

Tencent’s MOBA Pokémon UNITE was released on mobile last week. It took the game only five days to top the highest-grossing charts on iOS and Android.

TiMi Studios, known for mobile hits like Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings, is ready to make a shift towards AAA console games. That’s why the Tencent-owned studio decided to open a new office in Seattle.

Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox Game Studios will cooperate with Chinese TiMi Studios, known for games like Honor of Kings and Call of Duty: Mobile.

Matt Lewis, vice president, mobile at Activision, has opened up about weapon balance in Call of Duty: Mobile and how the team uses players’ feedback and in-game data to fix it.