New feature called Super QQ Show launches on QQ allowing users to socialise and interact as they would in games like Animal Crossing. Analysts say QQ engine update could be a major move by Tencent into metaverse-related projects. — SCMP
Tencent Holdings has quietly embedded video game engine Unreal Engine into its increasingly obsolete messaging platform QQ, according to an updated version of the app, and analysts say the move forms part of the social media and gaming giant’s foray into the metaverse.
The Shenzhen-based company updated QQ this month and the new version, which was traditionally a chat app, includes parts of video games engine Unreal Engine, according to analysis by LibChecker, a third-party app analysis tool.
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