Tencent To Bring Down Curtains On Game Streaming Service


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  • Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) looks to shut down its game streaming service citing a shift in its business strategy, Bloomberg reports.
  • The streaming platform, called Penguin Esports, will terminate all services on June 7 after having already suspended new user registrations and in-app purchases.
  • Tencent looks to compensate users by giving away digital coupons in games like League of Legends, operated by Tencent-owned Riot Games Inc.
  • Tencent made a move more than a year after Beijing blocked it from creating China’s equivalent of Amazon.com Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Twitch through a merger.
  • In 2020, Tencent’s proposed combining investees HUYA Inc (NYSE:HUYA) and DouYu International Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:DOYU) earned a veto from China’s antitrust watchdog. 
  • Tencent looked to fold Penguin Esports, valued at $6 billion, into the newly combined company.
  • Beijing’s regulators had not approved a single gaming title by Tencent or any other game developer since July.
  • Price Action: BILI shares traded lower by 1.57% at $29.55 in the premarket on the last check Thursday.

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