{"id":25386,"date":"2026-02-26T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25386"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:06:16","slug":"tencent-is-said-to-be-in-talks-for-stake-in-block-blast-gaming-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25386","title":{"rendered":"Tencent is said to be in talks for stake in \u2018Block Blast!\u2019 gaming studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Tencent Holdings is in talks to acquire a small stake in Hungry Studio, a gaming developer behind popular title <em>Block Blast!<\/em>, according to people familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>An investment could materialise soon, following months of discussions, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Talks are ongoing and no final decision has been made, the people added.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Tencent and Hungry Studio didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded in 2021, Hungry Studio develops and publishes so-called casual games, including its flagship <em>Block Blast!, <\/em>which had over 300 million monthly players and 70 million daily active users as of the end of 2025, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen-based Tencent has invested in a range of gaming studios, including <em>League of Legends<\/em> developer Riot Games and the creators of <em>Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em> and <em>Dark Souls<\/em>, as well as Vantage Studios, carved out of Ubisoft Entertainment SA for its <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em>, <em>Far Cry<\/em> and <em>Tom Clancy\u2019s Rainbow Six<\/em> franchises.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Tencent #talks #stake #Block #Blast #gaming #studio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent Holdings is in talks t&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[5089,2378,10497,4377,14547,460,3952],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}