GamesBeat: How did the project come about? I know that Tencent is an investor with Activision Blizzard. But was there a specific story behind the origin of the partnership between Activision and the studio in China?

GamesBeat: How did the project come about? I know that Tencent is an investor with Activision Blizzard. But was there a specific story behind the origin of the partnership between Activision and the studio in China?

Leo Yao: The cooperation between Tencent Games and top international gaming companies is very comprehensive, involving investment, development, publishing and many more. We value the opportunity to learn from best-in-class brands and use our advantage to help established IPs be more accessible while keeping a high-quality standard. As for Call of Duty: Mobile, it is not our first cooperation with Activision and won’t be the last.

GamesBeat: How did the studio approach the design of the mobile game? What were the suggestions or requirements from Activision?

Yao: Since people’s initial impression of CoD titles are definitely ultra-high visual quality, we wanted to make sure the game would feel like a Call of Duty game when launched. The goal we set during development was that we had to hit a higher graphic quality bar than anything else on the mobile shooter market when we released the game. We feel like that’s something we accomplished.

We also needed to address control and compatibility. Call of Duty controls offer immense depth and while we needed to make sure new players could pick up Call of Duty: Mobile, it was also important we didn’t surrender the sophistication that gives players a clear path to mastery. It took a lot of effort to find the right balan.