Techland introduced right now that Chinese language firm Tencent is about to grow to be its majority shareholder. The Polish studio will retain possession of its mental property, presumably together with the Dying Mild sequence, in addition to its inventive freedom.

That is removed from the primary time Tencent has invested in a sport studio. Previously few years, the corporate has acquired Sumo Digital, Inflexion and Turtle Rock Studios, in addition to majority shareholdings in Wakeup Interactive and Tequila Works. It’s additionally creating a number of video games beneath its in-house Degree Infinite model.

Techland founder and CEO Paweł Marchewka introduced the acquisition, saying, “Teaming up with Tencent will enable us to maneuver full pace forward with the execution of the imaginative and prescient for our video games. We’ve got chosen an ally who has already partnered with a few of the world’s most interesting online game corporations and helped them attain new heights whereas respecting their methods of doing issues.” He added that he’ll stay as CEO.

At current, Techland is engaged on a brand new, unnamed fantasy RPG, and Marchewka mentioned it’s “already shaping as much as grow to be one thing really particular, and the aim right here is to ensure it should dwell as much as the expectations for our first new IP in nearly a decade.” He additionally added that the developer had goals of remodeling Dying Mild into “the last word zombie sport expertise … with a number of astonishing adventures and pushing the boundaries of solo and on-line modes to a very new degree.”