Tencent is in talks to acquire SuperPlay, the Israeli mobile game studio best known for Dice Dreams, in a deal that could value the company at up to $1.5 billion, TechNode reported on Wednesday citing sources. No definitive agreement has been reached and terms could change.
SuperPlay's commercial value to Tencent lies primarily in its AI-driven live-operations platform, which automates in-game event design, player segmentation, and monetization pacing at scale — capabilities Tencent wants to deploy across its global mobile games portfolio. Tencent already operates some of the world's largest mobile game titles through investments in Supercell, Riot Games, and others.
If completed, the deal would be one of Tencent's largest games acquisitions in two years and would signal continued appetite for AI-native tooling in the gaming vertical, even as the company faces ongoing scrutiny of overseas acquisitions from both Chinese and European regulators. Tencent declined to comment.