Activision and Tencent Bringing New Call of Duty Mobile Game to China
August 02 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Features Fan Favorite Content and Characters
from Across Call of Duty in All-New, Mobile Experience
Activision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
(NASDAQ: ATVI), and Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading
provider of Internet value added services in China (SEHK:
00700), today announced a collaboration to bring Call of
Duty® to mobile in China. The new free-to-play title
delivers the definitive first-person action experience in an
original, all-new Call of Duty mobile game, bringing together a
collection of beloved Call of Duty characters, maps, modes and
weapons from across the franchise. Tencent’s leading mobile studio
is spearheading development drawing upon
their vast mobile network and history of success making
mobile first-person action titles. The title is scheduled to launch
in the coming months.
“We’re working closely with one of Tencent’s top mobile studios,
Timi, to develop a fun and original Call of Duty experience that
delivers superb gameplay and mechanics to mobile players,” said Rob
Kostich, EVP and GM, Call of Duty. “Call of Duty has been the
leading first person action experience around the globe for years*
and seeing that come to life on the mobile platform has been really
exciting. We can’t wait for fans to play.”
“Tencent is thrilled to bring the No. 1 top-selling, console
video game franchise globally eight of the last nine years* to the
millions of mobile game players in China,” said Steven Ma, SVP,
Tencent Holdings Limited. “We are bringing together a vast array of
characters, content and modes from across this great franchise into
a new Call of Duty mobile game tailored to meet the interests and
play styles of mobile players in China. We look forward to
revealing the title soon and releasing the game in China in a few
months.”
About Tencent
Tencent uses technology to enrich the lives of Internet users.
Our social products Weixin and QQ link our users to a rich digital
content catalogue including games, video, music and books. Our
proprietary targeting technology helps advertisers reach out to
hundreds of millions of consumers in China. Our infrastructure
services including payment, security, cloud and artificial
intelligence create differentiated offerings and support our
partners’ business growth. Tencent invests heavily in people and
innovation, enabling us to evolve with the Internet.
Tencent was founded in Shenzhen, China, in 1998. Shares of
Tencent (00700.HK) are traded on the Main Board of the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong. For more information, please
visit www.tencent.com/ir.
About Activision
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive
entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world
and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI),
an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its
products can be found on the company's website,
www.activision.com or by following @Activision.
*Based on data from the NPD Group, GfK, GSD and internal
estimates.
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regarding the future, including statements about the expected
release dates, features and functionality of the Call of Duty
mobile game, are forward-looking statements that are not facts and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could
cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
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Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release,
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other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
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