By Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese social media and entertainment giant Tencent is understood to have paid $260 million for a majority stake in Bohemia Interactive, a Czech-based games designer behind the “ArmA” and “DayZ” games series.
The news was reported Wednesday by The Information. Tencent declined to comment. The move comes barely a week after Tencent paid a reported $65 million (JPY7 billion) for a 20% slice of Japanese games firm Marvelous.
The company is behind farming simulation game “Story of Seasons,” which Tencent has been operating for mobile devices in China since last year.
Tencent, which is already the world’s largest games company in revenue terms, has owns “League of Legends” developer Riot Games, an 84%
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