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Becker College Christens MassDIGI Game Development Center

As part of the Inauguration Week for Becker College's 10th President Dr. Robert E. Johnson, a panel was held during the school's ribbon cutting of its new game development incubator to discuss how games are changing entertainment and education. IGDA Executive Director Gordon Bellamy acted as the panel's moderator which included various game industry leaders from MA including Tencent Boston GM Jeff Goodsill.

Rep. Vincent Pedone visits Tencent Boston to discuss MA Video Game Industry Legislation

State Representative Vincent Pedone met with Tencent Boston to discuss his proposal to give video game companies a tax cut in MA. Pedone says the tax cut will give incentives to startups and already existing companies to stay in or relocate to MA. For more info click here.

Tencent Boston Sponsors Pine Street Inn for the Second Year

Tencent Boston participated as a sponsor for the Pine Street Inn’s annual Home Remedy breakfast for the second time. The Pine Street Inn provides a comprehensive range of services to over 1,300 homeless men and women each day. For more information about this great cause please click here.

Tencent Boston Represents at PAX East 2011

Tencent Boston was happy to again be a part of PAX East along with a record breaking 60,000 people in attendance. Tencent Boston supported the game development community in the region by advertising at the venue, and hosting a party with various members of the game industry.

Tencent Boston Exhibits Job Opportunities at GDC

Tencent Boston exhibited in the career development pavilion at the annual GDC 2011 Conference in San Francisco. The conference’s focus on the designers and developers in the game industry was the perfect place to showcase the many career opportunities at Tencent’s China and Palo Alto locations as well.

Tencent ranked Businessweek best-performing tech company

Tencent Holdings ranked first in Bloomberg Businessweek.com's ranking of the best-performing technology companies based on a combination of share performance, sales and profit growth, return on equity, and workforce increases. Click to view Special Report.

Tencent Boston sponsors game development project with WPI

Tencent Boston actively supports the academic community in Greater Boston by participating in various academic and business events driven by the world class educational institutions in the region. For the fall 2010 semester Tencent Boston is working with Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Interactive Media & Game Development program to oversee and advise aspiring game developers in a cooperative development project. Follow this link to learn more about WPI's IMGD program.

MIT’s second annual Business in Gaming Conference

In support of the growing game industry presence and influence of Massachusetts, Tencent Boston co-sponsored the after conference networking session thrown by the New England Games SIG.

MMORPG.com recognizes “The Boston Gaming Scene”

With the energy of PAX East still in the air our friends at MMORPG.com write about the growing momentum of Boston as a game industry center – including Tencent Boston in the mix.

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Tencent Boston takes part in the first PAX East

The first east coast gathering of gamers at PAX East was a huge success and Tencent Boston celebrated with industry colleagues and attendees by hosting a party with the New England Institute of Art.

Boston Post Mortem season kicks-off the new year with a keynote from Tencent Boston

Boston's largest game industry networking group started its monthly gatherings for 2010 with a keynote from Jeff Goodsill who discussed the opportunities and challenges in the growing Chinese game market.

Tencent Boston welcomes its newest artist to the team!

We are excited to announce the first newborn to the Tencent Boston family. Eli Anderson was born with Wacom pen in hand to our lead concept artist Chris and his wife Patti.

Tencent Boston presents at the Montreal International Gaming Summit '09

GM Jeff Goodsill addresses the developing game industry in China and offers insight into doing business in this rapidly growing market.

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Tencent puts its money on Bay State gaming sector

Boston Business Journal - by Galen Moore

A company known as the Yahoo! Inc. of Asia has established a beachhead in the white-hot Massachusetts video game industry and sparked considerable buzz...

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We have Moved!

Our new studio is complete and we are all settled in and back to work. Our new location gives us more space and all the resources and amenities for a fun and productive working environment.

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