ByteDance Readying Assault on Tencent’s Mobile Gaming Kingdom

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  • Hiring spree includes industry veterans and local game studios
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ByteDance Inc. is preparing a major push into the mobile arena’s most lucrative market, a realm Tencent Holdings Ltd. has dominated for over a decade: games.

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