It had an estimated 27 million users as of 2017.įounded in 2008, Kunlun specialised in publishing browser-based video games, including popular role-playing titles Eden Eternal and Glory Destiny Online. That government intervention would push aside Kunlun's plans for an overseas public listing of Grindr, which described itself as the world's largest social networking app for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Today, however, Kunlun may be forced to sell off Grindr after a US government body - the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) - told the firm that its ownership of the app constituted a national security risk, according to a Reuters report that cited unnamed sources.

When Beijing Kunlun Tech bought the remaining shares it did not own in gay dating app Grindr in 2018, the Chinese video games developer said the acquisition was 'critical' to its social media and content platform strategy that would help it become a leading global internet company.