Tencent Releases Their Cloud Gaming Services via WeGame in China
During this past week on August 2nd at ChinaJoy 2019, Tencent officially launched its cloud gaming solution on the WeGame client, allowing WeGame users to instantly play several titles through the service without the need to download. The company released “Tencent Cloud Gaming Solution”, providing a one-stop gaming solution for global game developers and platforms. Meanwhile, Tencent Cloud and WeGame jointly launched a variety of games to demo, like “Moonlight Blade”, “Chinese Parents”, “Blood of Steel” and “Killers of the Three Kingdoms”, offering players opportunities to experience cloud gaming immediately.
A press release for the announcement notes that Moonlight Blade could take around two hours to download at 2MB/s, but can be played instantly via Tencent Cloud.
“Cloud gaming represents a new era, in which people can play anywhere”, said Yang Yu, the head of Tencent Cloud Gaming Solution, “Tencent Cloud Gaming Solution commits to offering stable, fast and high-quality technology service to game developers, contributing to our competitiveness in the market”.
Yang Yu further introduced that Tencent Cloud is exploring more options in the realm of cloud gaming. For example, audience interactions with the streamer online while they’re watching a live broadcasted game.
Although WeGame is currently only available in China, Tencent says that they have plans for a global version in the near future.
