The US just added the world's biggest games publisher Tencent to their list of Chinese military companies

Tencent say it’s a mistake

Chinese publisher Tencent are the biggest video game company in the world.

They own shares in everything from Epic Games through Ubisoft toSilent Hill 2rebooters Bloober Team.

Are you a game developer?

Odds are that at least one percent of your body belongs to Tencent.

Maybe one of your toes.

And now it turns out that Tencent are some kind of military operator, as well.

“We are not a military company or supplier,” Tencent spokesperson Danny Marti commented to the BBC.

“Unlike sanctions or export controls, this listing has no impact on our business.

We will nonetheless work with the Department of Defense to address any misunderstanding.”

Here’sa US Department of Defence press release from 2022which spells out the thinking.

But then again, so do many large US tech companies, like Activision-Blizzard and Microsoft.

Many are the links between the tech biz and the world’s armed forces.