Tencent

If you exclude video game console manufacturers and focus just on video game producers, Chinese internet behemoth Tencent will be the world's top video game firm in 2021, with an astonishing $13.9 billion in gaming revenue.

Tencent's primary concentration is on web and mobile smart phones and tablets, such as Honor of Kings, the company's mobile flagship title. However, Tencent has established a strong presence on the big screen of video games via the several video game companies it owns worldwide.

Tencent is most known for owning Riot Games, the US gaming company behind League of Legends, a famous online combat arena game played by millions and millions of people worldwide, including professionals. Tencent also holds stakes in many other video game firms, including Epic Games (40.5%) and Activision Blizzards (5%) in the United States, South Korean Kraft-on Gaming Unions (11.5%) in South Korea, and French game studio Ubisoft in France (6%).

Founded in: 1998

Headquarters: Guangdong, China

Revenue: $13.9 billion

Website: https://www.tencent.com