Clash of Clans conquered by the Chinese Tencent to $ 8.6 billion – Il Sole 24 Ore

Tencent bets on online games, with the goal of becoming a heavyweight in the industry. After rumors of recent days and confirmation ‘it arrived: the Chinese Internet giant Tencent will buy for $ 8.6 billion a 84.3% share of the Finnish Supercell, which produces among others the popular game “Clash of Clans “. As it said in a statement, the agreement, the largest ever for the company ‘Chinese currency counterparty to 10.2 billion dollars, up from 5.25 billion last year.

Tencent has therefore taken over the majority share of the group, which was held by the Japanese telecommunications giant Softbank. The latter had taken over 51% of the group in 2013 to $ 1.53 billion and had increased to 73% last year. The purchase will take place ‘in various tranches and are still ongoing discussions with potential co-investors. Chinese society had entered into negotiations with several lenders, including Hillhouse Capital Group. Because the purchase will be in phases, Tencent still has sufficient availability from alone, without co-financing

On the left the co-founder of Supercell Ilkka Paananen, right Martin Lau, President of Tencent, Lehtikuva / Seppo Samuli / off

Who are the Finnish Supecell. The Finns of Supercell, are also the creators of ‘Clash Royale’ and ‘Boom Beach’. In addition to Clash of Clans have fun app team success that owe their turnover to the in-game purchases. His game park distinguishes it from Rovio Entertainment, who failed in the enterprise to repeat his greatest success in 2009 with the launch of Angry Birds.
With just 180 employees, Supercell had a pretax profit of 880 million euro, with a turnover of 2.1 billion euro ($ 2.38 billion) last year. so let’s talk about one of the largest Finnish companies measured by revenue.

What is Clash of Clans. Number one in the world of games on smartphones is a strategy title in which players build fortresses, form of online players and clans clash with other clans in a fantasy setting in medieval style.

What is Clash Royale . It is a real-time multiplayer game with Royale, the most beloved characters of Clash and more. They are multiplayer games that do not last more than two minutes. They collect the cards with the troops, spells and defenses. The goal is to throw down the tow and princesses enemies to defeat opponents and win trophies, crowns and glory in the arena. You can create a clan and share the cards and form a community of fighters.

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