Dying Light developer, Techland has introduced a partnership with Tencent that may see the large Chinese holdings firm develop into the studio’s majority shareholder.
In a weblog publish penned by Techland founder and CEO Paweł Marchewka, he explains the studio has partnered with Tencent for assist of its continued enlargement of the Dying Light sequence and to make sure its upcoming fantasy RPG lives as much as expectations.
“Teaming up with Tencent will allow us to move full speed ahead with the execution of the vision for our games,” Pawel writes. “We have chosen an ally who has already partnered with some of the world’s finest video game companies and helped them reach new heights while respecting their ways of doing things.”
Pawel states that he’ll stay CEO, and Techland will retain full possession of its IPs. He additionally assures the studio has full artistic freedom. While the Polish firm is finest generally known as the maker of the Dying Light sequence, Call of Juarez, and the unique Dead Island, it additionally has a publishing department. Titles launched below Techland’s umbrella embrace Arise: A Simple Story and Torment: Tides of Numenera.
This is enterprise as ordinary for Tencent, which has dipped its fingers into numerous sport studios in recent times. It has invested in (or has outright acquired) corporations akin to Epic Games, From Software, Turtle Rock Studios, Riot Games, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard, Remedy Entertainment, amongst others.
For extra on Techland, you may take a look at this piece of idea artwork from their new fantasy IP in addition to our Dying Light 2 Stay Human assessment.
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