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What Tencent’s Supercell Takeover Tells Us About The Future Of The App Economy

Karol Severin

22 Jun 2016

game app business

gaming apps

Mobile content

Supercell, the company behind Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, agreed to sell 86% of their equity to the Chinese giant Tencent for $8.6 billion. The acquisition catapults the Tencent into being the number one mobile game publisher in the world.

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