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Hero Entertainment

Hero Entertainment, now branded Hero Games, is a Chinese game developer and publisher whose mobile-game business also pursued esports investment and partnerships.

Entity profile
Hero Entertainment
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Commercial snapshot

Business

Mobile game development and publishing

Hero Games describes itself as a game developer and publisher; Hero Entertainment was the earlier brand used in the 2010s.[1]

ImbaTV relationship

Proposed investment and strategic cooperation

The 2018 feature says ImbaTV's founders declined the proposed mobile-esports arrangement; a 2016 TechNode report described the investment as completed, so the transaction outcome is disputed in the reviewed reporting.[2][3]

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Hero Entertainment was the name used by the Chinese game company now branded Hero Games. Its official history describes a game development and publishing business. In 2016, TechNode reported that a Hero Entertainment industry fund had invested in ImbaTV and that ImbaTV would be renamed Hero Media. The 2018 People’s Esports feature gives a conflicting account, saying ImbaTV’s founders ultimately rejected the proposal. PTG therefore records the episode as a disputed historical transaction rather than a verified completed investment.[1][2][3]

PTG Database Analysis

The available sources agree that Hero Entertainment explored a mobile-esports investment and strategic relationship with ImbaTV, but they disagree on whether it was completed. The sources reviewed do not resolve the discrepancy, so no structured investment relation is asserted.[2][3]

References3
  1. [1]Hero Games company history — Current official corporate history and game-business description.
  2. [2]TechNode report on ImbaTV (2016) — Contemporaneous account of the proposed investment and strategic relationship.
  3. [3]People's Esports / 人民电竞

Related coverage

News and features

ImbaTV’s Six Founders and the Long Road to a Capital Exit
FeatureMar 30, 2018

ImbaTV’s Six Founders and the Long Road to a Capital Exit

A 2018 People's Esports profile traces how ImbaTV’s six founders learned to raise capital and declined a mobile esports deal that diverged from their operating principles.

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