The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a decree this Thursday prohibit all negotiations with ByteDance, owner of Tik Tok, in 45 days. However, one more company is also being affected by this act: Tencent.
The tech giant that owns Riot Games (League of Legends y Valorant) and shareholder of multiple companies such as Epic Games (Fortnite), Blizzard, Ubisoft, Supercell o Discord, has also entered this blacklist of Chinese companies.
Although the wording specifies transactions “related to WeChat “, This order may affect various games and gaming companies where Tencent owns or owns stocks, many of them very popular in the United States and around the world, losing a great deal of money that comes from microtransacciones of the players ..
While it is true that this order would be canceled if any Chinese company wanted to buy from the companies in 45 days, Tencent’s inclusion on the list has been surprising, so the trading time is much shorter.
To further complicate matters, Tencent develop games for other publishers, including Call of Duty: Móvil Activision and the next Pokémon Unite.
Complete list of Tencent video game participation:
- Riot Games (100%)
- Epic Games (40%)
- Supercell
- Activision Blizzard
- Blue hole
- Ubisoft
- Discord
- Huya
- Douyu
- Grinding Gear Games
- Border developments
- Paradox Interactive
- Funcom
- Sharkmob
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