Tencent Becomes 'Dying Light' Developer Techland's Majority Shareholder

Way to destroy every bit of PR possible. Can’t wait for the dying light switch update that uses my console to mine bitcoin.

Dyling Light is one of my favourite games on Switch (honestly, 8/10 is underrated in my book!)

Tencent seems to have it's fingers in a lot of pies. Hmm...kinda like a kid that bites all the chocolates and puts them back in the box...and all everyone else has is a box of half bitten chocolates...

You best start believing in consolidation hell ... you're in one.

At this point in time I get worried when a developer gets bought out by a much bigger publisher.

Hail to our Chinese overlords. To be fair, Tencent are a majority owner of Digital Extremes (Warframe), my all-time favorite game. So it's...whatever.

@Magician

“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
― George R.R. Martin

Got a nephew that works for tencent in shenzhen. The company culture in his work place seems ok. Though as with most programing jobs dam long hours.

@iLikeUrAttitude Not sure GRR Martin is any great philosopher. Giving majority control to a company controlled itself by the CCP is never a good thing.

@Magician

"Hail to our Chinese overlords. To be fair, Tencent are a majority owner of Digital Extremes (Warframe), my all-time favorite game. So it's...whatever."

LOL i got a kick out of this comment thanks 😆

> Techland will reportedly "retain full ownership of our IPs, maintain creative freedom, and continue to operate the way we believe is right".

The fact that they felt the need to make this statement shows that maybe, just maybe, most of these Tencent partnerships really don’t benefit anyone but Tencent.

@Dj64Mk7 At this early point, Tencent investments are more about long term influenced ownership, and not so much about short term changes in how companies function.
Also to increase their own bottom line. If they own a bit of everything, they'll get a piece of every pie that is baked.

I'm not a fan of them, as much as I wish Saudi-Arabia didn't own a big part of Nintendo.

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All companies in China are beholden to the demands of the Chinese Communist Party. All major companies have a branch of the Communist Party as part of their corporate structure, and Tencent is no different. If the CCP demands Tencent to provide user data, Tencent must and will comply. Anything Tencent owns might as well be owned by the CCP, who is currently committing genocide and is responsible for some of the most despicable human rights abuses in the 21st century. Owned by Tencent = No buy.

@lacaras4 Good luck avoiding buying anything from China, including some Switches.

When does that cloud version of Dying Light 2 come out on Switch? Huh, Techland?

@Sambuc I'm hoping for a native port on the next system, myself (with all the dlc,ofc.) Launch title preferably

@lacaras4

So it’s the same as every other country?

This is disgusting. Communists own too many games.

@Teenhamdmodel no it's not, and for you to say that is just very ignorant.

@Deviant-Dork

Okay. So where are you from?

Not a fan of Tencent or its genocidal overlord.

In what universe is this GOOD news?? 🤔

Was considering buying Dying Light.
Keyword being "was".

China bad. America good.

Once again Tencent has come to the rescue and saved a lot of jobs - and once again western media will spin this as a negative.. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Sambuc I wouldn't bother with it. Good gaming on the switch is awful. I have 1 gig speed and the games still run like crap. You also don't get to keep them. The servers can be turned off at anytime without warning which is stupid considering Nintendo wants you to play full price for a game that's not even yours to keep