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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

HISTORICAL FACTS: Tencent seeks bigger stake in assassin s creed maker ubisoft | History Defined

The Ubisoft Entertainment logo is seen at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, October 29, 2019. (Reuters)

Tencent Holdings Ltd plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment SA as the Chinese gaming giant pivots to the global gaming market, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

China's largest social network and gaming firm, which bought a 5% stake in Ubisoft in 2018, has reached out to the French firm's founding Guillemot family and expressed interest in increasing its stake in the firm, the sources said.

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