What Trump’s Tencent ban means for the gaming industry

7 Aug by Vitaliy Dadalyan

What Trump’s Tencent ban means for the gaming industry

What Trump's Tencent ban means for the gaming industryWhen President Donald Trump signed executive orders targeting TikTok and WeChat (and by default their respective parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent), the gaming industry was rattled by the move. That’s because Tencent has a stake in the developers of some popular games, including “League of Legends” (Riot Games) and “Fortnite” (Epic Games). Yahoo Finance’s tech editor Dan Howley explains what the potential ban could mean for gaming companies.