Techland will still own its game iPs, including its hit Dying Light zombie action game franchise, and will retain creative control over its future games under the new Tencent majority ownership.
Techland, the game developer best known for making the first Dead Island game, and later the Dying Light game franchise. has announced that China-based Tencent has acquired a majority ownership interest in the company. Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In a blog post, Techland’s CEO Paweł Marchewka stated:
Teaming up with Tencent will allow us to move full speed ahead with the execution of the vision for our games.
