Tencent Games Announces 45 Major Updates at 'SPARK 2026', Spotlighting Future Experiences for Players Worldwide

Tencent Games today announced 45 major updates for the Chinese and global markets at its annual conference, 'SPARK 2026'. Spanning three main categories: 'Development', 'Publishing', and 'Investment', this showcase featured gameplay footage of major titles, content updates, upcoming new IP collaborations, and cross-platform audio-visual experiences supported by technological innovation, reaffirming Tencent Games' position as a global leader in game development, publishing, and operations.

This year's 'SPARK 2026' serves as a platform to connect communities of both new and veteran players, celebrating the creativity and innovation of the evolving future of gaming shaped by technological advancements and Tencent Games' long-term strategy. The company is focused on expanding its global IP portfolio, aiming to provide high-quality and immersive experiences that transcend the boundaries of gaming to players worldwide.

Overview of Major Updates Announced at 'SPARK 2026'

Arcane Immersive Show

The world's first live interactive experience (immersive theater) based on 'League of Legends' is currently being staged in Shanghai. Supervised by Riot Games and co-produced by Tencent Video, Tencent Games, Shanghai Media Group Live (SMG Live), and Wajijiwa Entertainment, this production was created in collaboration with the world-renowned immersive theater company 'Punchdrunk'. Over 120 minutes, the audience can roam through life-sized sets of Piltover and Zaun, following the footsteps of Jinx and Vi while enjoying over 30 live music tracks, including 'Enemy'. Tickets for performances until August 31 are currently on sale on Trip.com. Over 100 upgraded performances are prepared for this summer.

Arena Breakout: Infinite

At 'SPARK 2026', 'Arena Breakout: Infinite' showcased its currently live 'Season 5: Boundary of Distortion'. It introduces the 'Valley of Distortion' mode, which grants operators four unique abilities, along with PvE modes 'No Man's Land', 'Warlord Tournament', and 'Boss Gathering'. This season marks the most innovative content update in the game's history. The game is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where you fight, loot, extract, or risk losing everything. With realistic visuals, authentic sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.

Arma Reforger

Bohemia Interactive's authentic military simulator sandbox game 'Arma Reforger' announced its latest 'Version 1.6'. This will introduce a dedicated single-player campaign experience called 'Operation Omega'. It also features a free new map, 'Kolguyev', offering unique PvP and PvE scenarios in rugged terrain. Furthermore, the upcoming 'Version 1.7' will add the FIA resistance as a new playable faction.

Lili's World

'Lili's World' is a fantasy life simulation game set in Lilliput, which surpassed 8 million cumulative global registrations ahead of its official launch. At 'SPARK 2026', a new race of Minies called 'Insoul' was unveiled for the next test, along with major upgrades to the Minies' action, social, and memory systems. The game is planned for PC, PS5, and Switch 2, with macOS support coming soon. Pre-registration is currently open on the official website (https://animulanook.com/jp/).

Call of Duty: Mobile

'Call of Duty: Mobile' announced at 'SPARK 2026' that it will hold a major collaboration with 'Persona 5 Royal' in July. The development team also promised continuous optimization of the matchmaking system and user experience, and plans to host a series of offline community events in China throughout the summer. Stay tuned for more updates.

Chaos Zero Nightmare

The space-themed dark fantasy roguelite deck-building card game 'Chaos Zero Nightmare' will officially launch its service in mainland China on May 28. The game is developed by SUPER CREATIVE, a studio under game developer Smilegate, and published by Tencent Games. Chinese players will exclusively enjoy early access to the character 'Fei', who is full of Eastern mysticism. Players can build their own powerful custom decks, and a wealth of new gameplay content was released simultaneously.

CONTROL Resonant

The action RPG 'CONTROL Resonant', developed by Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment, is scheduled for release on PC and consoles in 2026. It features the most extensive localization in Remedy's history, supporting full simplified Chinese voice acting, interface, and subtitles. Players take on the role of Dylan Faden, exploring a transformed Manhattan where reality, gravity, and the laws of nature have been distorted by an alien invasion. Journey through surreal environments, master powerful supernatural abilities, shape your unique playstyle through deep character progression, and wield the transforming weapon 'Aberrant'.

Cosmo Tales

The new retro sci-fi shooter 'Cosmo Tales' officially announced that it will enter early access this September. In the game, players will drive vehicles inspired by the famous 'Skoda 1203', diving into a vibrant universe for an adventure of space exploration and intense combat.

DayZ

Bohemia Interactive's open-world survival classic 'DayZ' announced a new expansion, 'Badlands'. This expansion will introduce a new frontier environment and unveil the largest map in the game's history, covering a total area of 267 square kilometers.

Delta Force

At 'SPARK 2026', 'Delta Force' officially announced a collaboration with the 'Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute'. It introduces one of China's most iconic porcelain traditions into the world of a global tactical shooter. Through this collaboration, rare imperial kiln porcelain treasures will be digitally recreated as collectible 'Big Red' items in the game. The first of these is 'Ducktor Sui', a restoration of a tri-color duck-shaped incense burner made during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, which is one of the institute's iconic cultural symbols. It is designed to integrate Jingdezhen's craftsmanship, history, and cultural spirit into the interactive world of 'Delta Force', allowing the global player community to discover and collect China's heirloom porcelain treasures in a new digital format.

Digital Jingdezhen

'Digital Jingdezhen: Porcelain Craft Adventure' was officially unveiled at the event. The game is co-developed by Tencent Games, Tencent SSV Digital Culture Lab, Jingdezhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication, Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, and the Jingdezhen World Cultural Heritage Application and Protection Office.

As the first officially licensed simulation game themed around the porcelain industry, it recreates the prosperous world of Jingdezhen's traditional porcelain production and fully represents the handmade porcelain manufacturing process. Through immersive simulation gameplay, players start as apprentices and gradually grow into owners of famous kilns. While managing resources, expanding production capacity, and unlocking new technologies, players will collect nearly 100 renowned ceramic masterpieces from various dynasties. The game offers a comprehensive and immersive journey covering a thousand years of evolution in Jingdezhen's porcelain industry.

It is also built on a multimodal AI dataset developed for the 'Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Heritage' and incorporates advanced game AI technologies, including AI-driven digital humans and AI-generated 3D content (AIGC). 'Digital Jingdezhen: Porcelain Craft Adventure' is scheduled for release in mainland China in the third quarter of 2026.

Era of Ascendancy

'Era of Ascendancy' is an ink-wash style Chinese free-form cultivation RPG where players choose their own path and shape the story. At 'SPARK 2026', two new systems were revealed. One is 'Dark Cultivation', a forbidden path that uses the risky 'Devour' ability to steal others' cultivation power. The other is 'Mystic Extraction', a three-tiered Bagua realm. By breaking the Bagua seals, breaking through the Five Elements and Three Realms, and shattering the Yin-Yang seals to confront the ultimate guardian, players can obtain supreme treasures. The game is currently available only in mainland China.

Everwind

The highly anticipated pixel art sandbox game 'Everwind' entered early access on March 18 this year with full Chinese localization support. It was announced that a dedicated team based in China will collect feedback from Chinese players for rapid optimization and support the introduction of content tailored for the Chinese community. Furthermore, exclusive Easter eggs for Chinese players are hidden and waiting to be discovered.

Just Dance: Party

'Just Dance: Party' is the latest mobile version of the globally acclaimed 'Just Dance' series, offering players a vibrant and joyful dance party on the go. Utilizing cutting-edge motion capture technology via the mobile camera, players can immerse themselves in the endless energy of music and dance anytime, anywhere, with friends and dance fans. With just the front camera, it is possible to enjoy an authentic full-body dance experience in any environment. From beginners to experienced pros, all players can find their rhythm and joy, stay healthy, and connect with friends through social experiences. 'Just Dance: Party' is scheduled to launch in mainland China on July 2.

MagicDawn

'MagicDawn' announced the world's first cross-platform Neural Dynamic Global Illumination solution, 'NDGI', and revealed that it has been fully open-sourced. Built on real-time neural network inference, NDGI breaks the bottleneck of traditional offline pre-computation, enabling real-time lighting reactions across all dynamic scene elements. For this launch, 'MagicDawn' partnered with the game IP 'Roco Kingdom' to enhance in-game lighting and collaborated with Arm to perform deep AI inference optimization for mobile GPUs. With NDGI open-sourced, developers worldwide will have access to the complete solution and toolchain.

Nizhan Future

The PVE shooter 'Nizhan Future', developed by Tencent's TiMi Studio Group J3 Studio, was launched in mainland China in January 2026. At 'SPARK 2026', the game's future roadmap was revealed, announcing IP collaborations with the animation 'Langlang Mountain's Little Monster' and 'Borderlands', as well as plans to introduce space-themed combat content. The game is currently available only in mainland China.

Tide of Annihilation

At 'SPARK 2026', Eclipse Glow Games announced that it will hold the first offline trial event for 'Tide of Annihilation' in the summer of 2026. A new tech showcase video was also released, detailing the close technical collaboration with Unreal Engine and NVIDIA (including a refined CPU/GPU pipeline, Nanite-based optimization for the 'Giant Knight' boss, and NVIDIA path tracing support with driver-level optimization). The game is currently in development for PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Xbox, and PlayStation.

Warframe

The classic sci-fi shooter 'Warframe' officially announced during the showcase that its latest update, 'Jade Shadows: Constellation', will be released soon. An animated short film delving into the background story of this update was also released.