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Reports point to Tencent snapping up 10 per cent of PUBG firm Bluehole for $500m

Date Type Companies involved Size
June 15th, 2018 investment PUBG Corp
Tencent
$0m
500m
Reports point to Tencent snapping up 10 per cent of PUBG firm Bluehole for $500m

Chinese internet behemoth Tencent is closing in on an agreement to acquire 10 per cent of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole.

That comes from The Wall Street Journal, which reports that the deal is set to be worth over $500 million and could value the South Korean games developer at more than $5 billion.

It was also reported that the sale is not intended to raise capital for Bluehole but instead is a chance for early investors to cash out on shares.

The Wall Street Journal claims that Tencent has never bought a stake in Bluehole, which is a contradiction to various reports in the Korean media.

According to the Korea Herold, Tencent acquired a 1.5 per cent stake in Bluehole for $63.9 million as a part of a deal for publishing rights in China.

Niko Partners backed up this report and has presented information to PocketGamer.Biz that Tencent owns a sub-five per cent stake in the company.

The full story is over on PocketGamer.biz


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Iain is a freelance writer based in Scotland with a penchant for indies and all things Nintendo. Alongside PocketGamer.Biz, he has also appeared in Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, PCGamesN and VG24/7.