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Former PlayStation boss joins Tencent

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It appears that former PlayStation chief Shawn Layden has officially joined forces with Tencent, the giant Chinese-owned media group that owns video game companies such as Riot Games and Funcom as well as large stakes in the likes of Epic Games among others. It appears that Leiden joined as a strategic advisor in August, but only announced the move recently. “I am happy to share with you that I recently joined [Tencent] Games as a strategic advisor,” shared Leiden as part of Announcing his new position. “In this new position,…

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Amazon gaming chief explains why Lord of the Rings MMO has been canceled

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As you might remember, the new Lord of the Rings MMO was only announced a few years ago after Amazon Games, formerly Amazon Game Studios, announced that it was teaming up with Leyou Technologies and Middle-earth Enterprises to get it done again in 2019 but things fell apart Last year, the project was canceled entirely. The reason stated at the time was a feud between Tencent, which acquired Leyou, and Amazon, but a new interview with Amazon Games president Christoph Hartmann sheds more light on exactly what happened. “We made…

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New Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch competitor ahead of reveal

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With Steam Deck dominating Valve’s list of best sellers, and the Nintendo Switch now having a handheld competitor at this point, another company is looking to roll out a third one on the go. Logitech recently announced this month its intent to roll out “handheld cloud gaming,” but before Logitech and partner Tencent officially revealed the device, it appears to have already been leaked. Images supposedly showing this portable unit appeared online this week and were deleted shortly thereafter, but not before those same images were re-shared elsewhere to see…

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