Razer has announced that it's joining forces with Tencent to spearhead future innovation in the mobile gaming space. The two companies will work together to improve each other's products and better serve the world's 2.4 billion mobile gamers.

With the rising popularity of gaming phones, it's hardly a surprise to see Razer teaming up with PUBG Mobile's developer Tencent. Razer already has two gaming phones under its belt, which shows a substantial commitment to the mobile gaming space, and with PUBG Mobile's popularity, it would seem Tencent has a lot to gain by partnering with a gaming peripheral manufacturer that also happens to produce gaming-centric smartphones.

This collaboration will focus on three areas, hardware, software, and services. The two companies will work together to optimize Tencent's games for Razer's hardware. It would also appear that Tencent's games will be prepared for release on Razer’s mobile game platforms and the Razer Cortex mobile game launcher. Both companies will also look into ways to tie Razer's RGB lighting and THX Spatial Audio to Tencent's games. Of course, additional monetization opportunities will be explored in the future, including integration with some of Razer's existing services.

Past these few details, today's announcement doesn't provide much more information to go on. At the very least this news could hint that the Razer Phone 3 is indeed not dead. While I can't say I'm a fan of the current crop of gaming phones, maybe this newly-announced cooperation will lead to something better in the future. After all, I'm sure there are plenty of gamers out there that would love to see mobile gaming grow beyond its current limits and poor controls.

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