History of video games/Platforms/TGP Box

History

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Development

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The TGP (Tencent Games Platform) Box, also known as the Blade, was announced by Tencent at Consumer Electronics Show Asia in May of 2016.[1]

Industrial design of the system was performed by the studio "Memory".[2]

Launch

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The system appears to have launched exclusively in mainland China in September of 2016 for the equivalent of 425 British pounds.[3]

Technology

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Compute

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The system was developed in partnership with Intel, and used a sixth generation Intel Skylake processor.[4][1] The system was equipped with either a i3 or an i5 processor.[3]

The system featured an Nvidia GTX 750 Ti GPU.[3][5]

The system had an SSD with a capacity of 128 gigabytes.[3]

Hardware

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Haier was a manufacturing partner for system hardware.[1][6]

The system features a barrel jack for power, four USB ports, an ethernet port, HDMI port, Display Port, and two 3.5 jacks.[7]

Software

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Windows 10 and a custom interface were both supported.[1][8]

Games

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  • League of Legends[4] - Made by Tencent subsidiary Riot Games.
  • Monster Hunter Online[4]
  • NBA 2K Online[9]
  • FIFA Online 3[9]
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Tournament[9]

References

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  1. a b c d Wawro, Alex. "Riot owner Tencent to launch League of Legends -ready console in China" (in en). www.gamasutra.com. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/272996/Riot_owner_Tencent_to_launch_League_of_Legendsready_console_in_China.php. 
  2. "Tencent TGP-BOX". Memory. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. a b c d "League of Legends on a console, Tencent launches TGP box | KitGuru". https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/jon-martindale/league-of-legends-on-a-console-tencent-launchs-tgp-box/. 
  4. a b c "Tencent announces the TGP Box, a Windows 10 games console". HEXUS. https://hexus.net/tech/news/systems/92858-tencent-announces-tgp-box-windows-10-games-console/. 
  5. "League of Legends just hit its own dedicated console…in China". PCGamesN. https://www.pcgamesn.com/league-of-legends/league-of-legends-console-tgp. 
  6. "New Tencent TGP Box is an Intel-powered console running Windows 10 - ExtremeTech". www.extremetech.com. https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/228471-new-tencent-tgp-box-is-an-intel-powered-console-running-windows-10. 
  7. "https://mobile.twitter.com/zhugeex/status/779420114877906944/photo/3". Twitter. Retrieved 19 August 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. Favis, Elise. "Riot Games Owner Tencent Introduces New Game Console In Asia" (in en). Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/05/14/riot-games-owner-tencent-introduces-new-game-console-in-asia.aspx. 
  9. a b c "Tencent, Intel and Haier announce the Blade BOX: a games console running Windows 10". Neowin. Retrieved 19 August 2021.