Tencent To Acquire Majority Shareholding of Dying Light Studio Techland
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Techland, the studio best known for the Dying Light series, announced that the Chinese technology giant Tencent will soon be the majority shareholder of the studio. Once it’s final, Techland will still have full ownership of its IPs as well as creative freedom moving forward.
The Polish studio’s CEO Pawel Marchewka broke the news and will remain CEO as well.
“We dream of turning Dying Light into the ultimate zombie game experience for players worldwide, providing you with multiple astonishing adventures and pushing the boundaries of solo and online modes to a totally new level.” says Pawel.
“Our open world action-RPG in a fantasy setting is already shaping up to become something truly special, and the goal here is to make sure it will live up to the expectations for our first new IP in almost a decade.”
“Can we make these dreams come true? Yes, we can. But what we realized is that the best, boldest dreams can only be achieved while working side-by-side with like-minded friends and strong partners, who share the same vision, passion, and have the willingness to back it up with their knowledge, experience, and capabilities.”
“Today I am happy to announce the partnership with Tencent who are in the process of becoming Techland's majority shareholder.”
“Teaming up with Tencent will allow us to move full speed ahead with the execution of the vision for our games. 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.”
Techland’s most recent release was Dying Light 2 back in February 2022, which did fairly well and is still being updated and supported by the studio to this day. According to a report from VGC in 2022, The studio is also working on a new open-world fantasy action RPG with a team composed of former CD Projekt Red developers.
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