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China’s Tencent Buys Riot Games For $400 Million

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China’s Tencent Buys Riot Games For $400 Million

Tencent, the giant Chinese Web holding company, has bought Los Angeles-based Riot Games for about $400 million.

It’s yet another big-dollar buyout for the game industry, which has been in an M&A frenzy for about a year, and one of the biggest investments by a Chinese company in an American digital property.

The transaction was first reported by Bloomberg, and Riot confirmed the deal to VentureBeat, though neither outlet has the financial details. Here’s how they break down, according to people familiar with the transaction:

* Tencent, which had already invested in the game-maker, will pay “just south” of $400 million to buy out other investors, primarily Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital, who along with angels had put approximately $18 million into the company.
* The company’s management team will receive some portion of that buyout themselves, but will also retain an equity stake; some will receive “stay packages.”
* The total investment values the company at $472 million.

The chief appeal for Tencent is Riot’s League of Legends game, which is free to play initially, but which encourages players to pay up for skills, equipment, etc, via micro-transactions.

In that sense it’s like Zynga’s Farmville and other popular social games. But it’s a much more sophisticated game with arcade-style action: Think of World of Warcraft, on steroids and amphetamines.

The deal follows a string of Web-based game deals in the last year. Among the more notable ones: Walt Disney purchased Playdom, Electronic Arts purchased Playfish and DeNA purchased Ngmoco.

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Mal schauen ob diese Übernahme für uns Spieler irgendwelche folgen hat.
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The chief appeal for Tencent is Riot’s League of Legends game, which is free to play initially, but which encourages players to pay up for skills, equipment, etc, via micro-transactions.


Wisst ihr was dies bedeuten kann/wird?`Wenn es so ist wie ich es mir denke, wird es bestimmte "Boosts" zu kaufen geben, welche einen InGame vorteil bringen, oder "only RP" Champs, vlt aber wird es auch "super" Runen nur für RP zu erkaufen geben.
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Wehe danach sehen alle Champs wie Chinesen aus ^^
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Schlau von denen, die jetzt aufzukaufen und andere Investoren rauszuhaun.
Die werden so einen krassen Gewinn erzielen.
Das Spiel boomt und es werden immer mehr Spieler, dass schon fast gespenstig, wie schnell sich das Spiel innerhalb des letzten Jahres verbreitet hat.

@Psycht:
Besseres hätte uns nicht passieren können.
Durch neue Gelder können bessere Server gekauft werden und auch mehr in die verschiedenen Bereiche gesteckt werden.
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Wette deswegen ist auch LoL jetzt in der ESL, um den Preis für die Übernahme in die Höhe zu treiben. Die Frage ist jetzt wohl auch wie viele Mitarbeiter bleiben werden. Vll. geht LoL nun einen ganz neuen Kurs. Auch lol @ Think of World of Warcraft, on steroids and amphetamines.
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Naja vll kann durch die übernahme endlich die langersehnte map und die grafik verbesserung die sie uns versprochen haben durchgeführt werden möglicher weise geht dan auch das map design schneller und wir haben dan nicht mehr nur 2 sondern vll bald oder halt irg 4 maps ^^
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The chief appeal for Tencent is Riot’s League of Legends game, which is free to play initially, but which encourages players to pay up for skills, equipment, etc, via micro-transactions.


Wisst ihr was dies bedeuten kann/wird?`Wenn es so ist wie ich es mir denke, wird es bestimmte "Boosts" zu kaufen geben, welche einen InGame vorteil bringen, oder "only RP" Champs, vlt aber wird es auch "super" Runen nur für RP zu erkaufen geben.
Wenn das wirklich so ist, dann höre ich mit LoL auf.
LoL hat den großen vorteil fülle non-money user das man sich für RP keine Vorteile kaufen kann.
Japaner Chinesen , was auch immer, geht lieber Reis essen *hust*
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da habt ihr alle recht, aber ich habe irgendwie angst, dass das spiel jetzt kommerziell wird. kann aldinators beitrag da nur zustimmen.
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Japaner Chinesen , was auch immer, geht lieber Reis essen *hust*
Klingt für mich sehr rassistisch >_>
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Diese Entwicklung, kann man aber nicht stoppen. Dafür kann keiner etwas.
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Nunja,

hat einer nun eine Quelle ob es ein Investment oder eine Übernahme war?
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Manche Champions sehen einfach nur göttlich aus in der chinesischen Form. Hoffe das alles so bleibt wie es ist ( Auf den Shop bezogen) und die Grafik etc verbessert wird.
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The chief appeal for Tencent is Riot’s League of Legends game, which is free to play initially, but which encourages players to pay up for skills, equipment, etc, via micro-transactions.
Nirgends in dem Text steht etwas davon, dass irgendwas geändert wird.
Ist immer herrlich zu sehen wie irgendwelche Leute mit ihrem gebrochenen Englisch
irgendwas daraus interpretieren, was in keinster Weise da steht.

Im Text wird lediglich der IST-Zustand erklärt, denn ob ihrs glaubt oder nicht -
Nicht jeder Mensch auf diesem Planeten kennt League of Legends..
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nunja, wenn es vorteile zu kaufen geben wird, wird es auch sehr schnell wieder aus der esl draußen sein
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