Tencent cashes in with PUBG mobile game replacement, as title takes in US$14mil in 72 hours


A file photo of Tencent's Honour Of Kings game. Tencent is already making money hand over fist with its new Game For Peace.

Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings is already cashing in with Game For Peace, its replacement game for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile, after the new title took in US$14mil (RM58.28mil) within 72 hours.

The Game For Peace iOS version was also the most downloaded free game and top-grossing game in Apple’s China App Store as of May 10, according to data from Sensor Tower, helping the world’s biggest games publisher by revenue to finally generate income from the massive user base for the popular battle royale genre.

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