‘And all this hard work’s been worth it though, I am so proud to have been able to collaborate with you and Miyamoto-san, as well as the entire Nintendo and the Illumination team on this cinematic experience.

HONG KONG, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies, as the tech giant eyes global expansion to offset slowing growth at home in China, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

‘It’s been nearly 40 years since the first original Mario Brothers was released in Japan,’ he said in a video which aired before the sneak peek. ‘Today, lots of people from around the world are playing Mario games.

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‘So before I can get to any other lives matter – which all lives matter, you know what I’m saying – that Black Lives Matter…don’t play with it. Don’t wear the shirt, don’t buy the shirt, don’t play with the shirt. It’s not a joke.’

Tampa Bay will look to bounce back behind right-hander Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 1.35 ERA in the regular season), who rejoined the team’s rotation last week after missing nearly 14 months because of Tommy John surgery.

Look at all this Koopa muscle I’ve packed on, and this flowing mane didn’t just appear overnight. Do you have any idea how long it took me to breathe fire?’ he joked. ‘I had to go learn it from Gene Simmons of Kiss! 

In Europe, except for its purchase of majority stake in «Clash of Clans» mobile game maker Supercell for $8.6 billion in 2016, Tencent has for years mostly cut minority deals including its purchase of 9% of British gaming firm Frontier Developments.

Tencent’s new strategy indicates how China’s tech titans are looking to emerge from the regulatory shadows after two years of crackdown and uncertainty that weighed on their sales at home and triggered a massive selloff in their stocks.

Kanye responded by cursing Diddy out and calling him a ‘FED,’ posting the exchange to Instagram and declaring in the caption: ‘Jesus is king’ – a phrase that is also the title of one of Kanye’s gospel albums.

«We believe Tencent will continue to make reasonable investments to acquire quality gaming content and talents and deepen partnerships with top-tier studios worldwide in order to step up its investments and presence in overseas markets,» said Citi analysts in a report in early September.

He added, ‘GOD IS GOOD I’M USED TO ATTACKS FROM HOLLYWOOD ACTORS SO TO GET SUPPORT FOR STANDING MY GROUND IS AMAZING WE BROKE THE MIND CONTROL NOBODY IS TRAUMA DRUNK NO MORE GOD IS FIGHTING THIS BATTLE FOR US.’

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Diddy was previously one of Kanye’s only famous friends to leap to his defense, calling him a ‘free thinker’ and saying his message was ‘misconstrued’ while expressing disagreement with the White Lives Matter slogan.

Tencent’s pursuit of bigger stakes in its existing gaming portfolio or new targets would give the company a bigger say in such firms’ businesses and also help it secure the intellectual property rights of popular games, said the four sources.

One day after ending an eight-game postseason losing streak, the Cleveland Guardians will look to record another milestone when they face the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the best-of-three American League wild-card series on Saturday.

‘We have been working on this movie, together with Chris Meledandri from Illumination, for a long time, from brainstorming and all the way through production. The time flew by as we were having fun figuring out how to depict the Super Mario characters and world.’

Tencent’s growing focus on overseas assets and markets is in sharp contrast to its much slower dealmaking pace at home since the regulatory clampdowns intensified, and the divestment of a clutch of domestic portfolio companies.

The Ubisoft deal comes just after deep-pocketed Tencent in June acquired Copenhagen-based Sybo pkv games, the developer of hit mobile game Subway Surfer, and in August took a 16.25% stake in Japan’s «Elden Ring» developer FromSoftware.

The teams entered the postseason heading in opposite directions, and that trend continued in Game 1. Tampa Bay has lost six straight games while the American League Central champion Guardians have won 25 of their last 31 games.

Tencent in September raised its stake in Ubisoft in a deal that made the Chinese firm the single biggest shareholder of the top French games developer, with a stake of 11% which can be further increased to as much as 17%.

Over the course of their fiery exchange, Kanye, 45, goaded Diddy, 52, to ‘come do something illegal to me’ and vowed to ‘use you as an example to show the Jewish people who told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.’