De Chinese gigant Tencent neemt ontwikkelhuis Turtle Rock Studios over.
Deze studio is bekend door de co-op shooters die het heeft opgeleverd waaronder Left 4 Dead, Evolve en de recente zombie shooter Back 4 Blood. De overname heeft geen effect op de post launch plannen voor Back 4 Blood. Die game krijgt gewoon in 2022 nieuwe content zoals gepland en de uitgever blijft Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Turtle Rock Studios blijft creatieve vrijheid nadat het helemaal eigendom is geworden van Tencent.
Back 4 Blood is nu verkrijgbaar voor de PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, en PC via Steam en de Epic Games Store. De game is ook volledig speelbaar voor leden van Xbox Game Pass.
Je kan Back 4 Blood hier alvast bestellen.
Je kan een code voor zes maanden Xbox Game Pass hier kopen.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. & SHENZHEN, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tencent Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 00700) (“Tencent”) has acquired Turtle Rock Studios’ (“Turtle Rock”) parent company, Slamfire, Inc., the companies announced today.
Turtle Rock will become part of Tencent, while retaining its independent operations out of Lake Forest, CA, USA, and its existing team will continue to run all studio operations, led by co-founders Phil Robb and Chris Ashton. The acquisition will have no effect on Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock’s hit multiplayer action game, which is published by Warner Bros. Games.
“We are all looking forward to joining the Tencent family of studios,” said Steve Goldstein, president and general manager of Turtle Rock Studios. “Tencent’s outstanding partners, global reach, deep knowledge of gaming and unprecedented support will help us create the kinds of ambitious games we dream of, while allowing us to retain our autonomy and independent spirit.”
“We are huge fans of Turtle Rock’s games, especially their amazing approach to creating co-operative online games,” said Eddie Chan, chief strategy officer of Tencent Games Global. “We can’t wait to see what comes next, and we’re excited to be part of their future.”
Juno Capital Partners represented Turtle Rock as M&A and strategic advisor, Creative Artists Agency represented Turtle Rock as its talent agency and Straddling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth and Kabealo Law acted as legal counsel for Turtle Rock in the transaction.
