The Chinese gaming giant is again focusing on acquiring western game studios wholely after a slowdown at home

As per a new report by Reuters, the Chinese Gaming Giant — Tencent is refocusing to acquire International gaming companies outright after the business of the gaming conglomerate slowed down significantly at home. 

Tencent is bar far the largest video gaming company by revenue and has invested in over 800 companies worldwide which includes Riot (100%), Epic Games (40%), Ubisoft (5%), Activision-Blizzard (5%), Grinding Gear Games (80%), Supercell (84%), and many more.

As per sources of Reuters, the company is again “aggressively seeking” to own controlling or majority stakes in gaming companies, “notably in Europe”. The sudden shift in its strategy comes after the company came under China’s regulatory lens for its business practices and monopoly at home. Since new regulations in China are hitting the business of the company hard, it looks like the company has found a new reliance on global markets for its future growth and revenue streams. 

Tencent told Reuters that the company “had been investing abroad for a long time, long before any new regulations” in China. The company added that it looks for “innovative companies with talented management teams” and gives them “room to grow independently”. 

During its August earnings call, Tencent confirmed its plans to remain active in acquiring game studios overseas. 

“In terms of the game business, our strategy is … to focus on developing our capabilities, especially in the international market. We will continue to be very active in terms of acquiring new game studios outside China,” said Tencent during its earnings call in August.

The fourth mode of the ‘Of Ballads and Brew’ main event has been unlocked in Genshin Impact alongside the 3.1 update on October 1st. The event requires players to find 8 Fecund Hampers scattered throughout the Mondstadt region of the open-world RPG.

These Fecund Hampers are essentially treasure chests that reward players with various in-game items upon finding them. Some of these rewards that can be obtained from the treasure chest include Mora, Mystic Enhancement Ores, Ascension Materials, and more.

If you’re having trouble finding all the eight Fecund Hampers in Genshin Impact, don’t worry. We have you covered.

Here are all the locations of the Fecund Hampers in Genshin Impact.

All Eight Fecund Hamper Locations in Genshin Impact

1. Head to the Wine Market in Springvale and you’ll be able to find the first Fecund Hamper near the three barrels behind the stage.

2. The second Fecund Hamper is located near the Spring Fairy in Springvale.

3. The third Fecund Hamper can be found in the southernmost part of Springvale. To reach it, you’ll need to climb a cliff near a house at that location.

4. The fourth Fecund Hamper is located behind the Cat’s Tail tavern in Mondstadt city.

5. The fifth Fecund Hamper in Genshin Impact can be found near the giant statue of Barbatos towards the front of the Cathedral in Favonius’ Headquarters.

6. The sixth Fecund Hamper is situated behind the Angel’s Share bar in Mondstadt city.

7. To find the seventh Fecund Hamper, you’ll have to make your way to the roof of the Favonius Cathedral in Monstadt City.

8. The eighth and final Fecund Hamper is found beside Ellin at the training grounds near the Knight of Favonius Headquarters in Monstadt City.

That’s everything you need to know about all the Fecund Hamper locations in Genshin Impact.

100 Thieves and Rock Entertainment Group (REG), a transformative operator in sports and entertainment, today announced a new collaborative partnership that aligns the two prominent entities in the Dan Gilbert Rock Family of Companies (FOC) with a unified business framework designed to accelerate commercial growth.

Through a strategic approach and shared service model, the partnership will introduce new synergies that unlock innovative business solutions and maximize opportunities across both organizations.

“With forward-thinking leadership, relentless ambition and incredible creativity, 100 Thieves has formed one of the most celebrated gaming brands in the world,” said Nic Barlage, Rock Entertainment Group, Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse CEO. “As competitive gaming and hype culture continues to explode in popularity, they are a brand poised for growth and success far into the future. We are excited to share our institutional knowledge and resources to help build upon their already multi-dimensional and global platform.”

“The Cavaliers have been supporters of 100 Thieves since we were founded in 2017 so we are excited to be working more closely with them through this strategic partnership,” said John Robinson, 100 Thieves President and COO. “As the worlds of sports, gaming, and pop culture continue to converge, working together will help us both build around this shared vision.”

REG was formed in 2021 as the umbrella entity of sports and entertainment properties with the Dan Gilbert Rock Family of Companies. It includes the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers, AHL Cleveland Monsters, NBA G League Cleveland Charge and Cavs Legion of the NBA 2K League. They also operate Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and Legion Lair Lit by TCP in Cleveland, as well as Cleveland Clinic Courts, the Cavs training and development center in nearby Independence, Ohio. As the unified brand platform, REG formally links multiple sports, venues, music, and content properties together to better position them collectively for collaboration, growth and new opportunities, while relentlessly creating amazing experiences for fans, teams, partners, stakeholders and thousands of staff members across the full spectrum of properties.

Popular Youtuber Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast has claimed that India is the second largest country among its viewers falling only behind the USA.

This conclusion of his is largely derived from his YouTube audience. Having crossed the 100 Million subscribers mark just a few months ago. He is clearly one of the most followed social media giants.

MrBeasts content can be easily consumed by large demography as well as geography, thus racking up a large number of potential viewers for every video of his. It is safe to say that only a handful of people on YouTube are more influential than him. For someone like him to acknowledge the potential of the Indian audience speaks for itself.

“India, definitely. Our Indian audience is just absurd. So, it’s like, our audience is America, then India, and then, I think UK, Canada, then, like, what is it? Philippines, right?” he said when asked about fans from outside his vicinity.

“YouTube gets more views per month from India than they do in America. Like, India is YouTube’s largest audience.”

“But it’s like there’s 1.3 billion people in India, there’s only 300 million in America, so, like, even if everyone in America watched 10 videos a day, if only half the people in India watched like seven videos, they’d still get more views”

MrBeast has labeled India to be a “juggernaut” and did emphasize that their large population is a big part of why they are able to dominate as an audience in large. For his Indian audience, MrBeast has filed a video in India which is supposed to go up soon!

Follow his socials to know when it drops.

Modern Warfare 2 release date is right around the corner and with the developers having chosen to return to their roots with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare back in 2019, several elements of Modern Warfare were picked up from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2007, arguably the best COD game of all time.

Following the success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2019, the developers decided to build on it with another installment that follows up on the same storyline. Having successfully completed the second beta, the game looks just as expected, with stunning visuals, unique mechanics, and a promising teaser that has created hype around it.

In their last event, Activision announced that they will be dropping 2 more games along with MW2. Warzone 2 and Warzone Mobile will also drop along with the main game.

Call of Duty: Warzone was a massive popular BR game that dropped along with MW 2019 and enjoyed massive success. Having not undergone any significant overhaul, Warzone 2 will be aimed at providing gamers with a major refresh.

Modern Warfare 2: Release Date

Those with pre-purchase privileges will be able to access the game as early as 20th October. However, the campaign will be available a week ahead of the full release date. Fast forward to 16th November, players will be able to access Warzone 2.0 and Warzone Mobile is expected to follow suit.

The latest iteration of Modern Warfare has the attention of the entire gaming community. With Battlefield having fallen behind with its past launches, COD is primed to take the throne for the best FPS game in the world.

Modern Warfare was popular for its graphics, gameplay, and most importantly, the storyline and the teasers were really promising in the first two departments, however storyline being the most crucial, the full launch will determine how it faired compared to the last COD.

Google has made public its intention to terminate the Stadia cloud gaming service and provide refunds to customers.

When it first launched in November 2019, Stadia was marketed as a “Netflix for games,” enabling users to stream video games over the internet without buying a gaming device.

However, the service will be discontinued on January 18th, 2023 because it has failed to gain “traction” among gamers.

Players who have already purchased Google’s Stadia controller, in addition to any games or add-on content, are eligible to receive a refund from the company. It stated that it anticipates all of those refunds would be processed by the middle of January.

In a post on the Stadia blog, Vice President and General Manager Phil Harrison stated, “A few years ago, we also launched a consumer gaming service, Stadia.

“And while Stadia’s approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.”

Vice President and General Manager Phil Harrison

Google is brutal at killing off failing products; the website Killed by Google has a huge list of them.  2019 saw the launch of Stadia, which was clearly Google’s attempt to get into the lucrative gaming industry and was met with a great deal of unrest.

Stadia was more than just a service for streaming video games; it also came with its own specialized hardware. 

The announcement, which was undoubtedly the beginning of the end for the corporation, was made in February of 2021. It closed its in-house studios and announced it would provide Stadia as a platform for others to expand on. Now, almost exactly two years to the date that that announcement was made, Stadia will be turned off permanently.

But competing with the industry titans is difficult, especially when you consider yourself to be a giant in your own way. Microsoft and Sony have lucrative arrangements with the world’s major game publishers, making it impossible to repeat Xbox and PlayStation’s success.

Phil Harrison’s statement that Stadia has not “gained the traction” that Google anticipated probably does not come as a major surprise to most people.