

Tencent have been investing in studios outside China for a number of years, acquiring League Of Legends developers Riot Games in 2015. Licences started being issued again this April, but have yet to include Tencent. Tencent are looking to expand outside of their home country after being effectively frozen in the Chinese gaming market, the world’s largest, since the government there stopped granting new monetisation licences last summer.

Share prices were up for both Ubisoft and the Guillemots’ holding company after the Reuters report was published earlier today. Public shareholders currently own 80% of Ubisoft’s shares, with another 15% held by the Guillemots and the remaining 5% at Tencent. According to sources, Tencent are also seeking to buy up publicly owned shares to help in their efforts to become majority shareholder. Representatives of Tencent are reported to have flown to France in May to discuss the investment with members of the Guillemot family. Ubisoft is also currently offering an additional 15% off the cart for applying the LUNAR15 coupon code.Watch on YouTube Alice Bee shares her favourite thing about the most recent Assassin's Creed, Viking romp Valhalla. Meanwhile, the Lunar New Year sale is slated to be available until February 22 featuring discounts for Ubisoft's latest releases like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs: Legion, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and much more. Ubisoft services seem to be having some issues dealing with the load at the time of publishing this article, so give it a few hours to settle if login errors appear at first. The Assassin's Creed Chronicles China giveaway will run from now through February 16 and it can be claimed by heading here or via the Ubisoft Connect (Uplay) client on PC.
