Looks like Tencent just acquired Leyou

Bernkastel said:
Its to bring IPs like Warframe to mobile.
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No.

It may ALSO be for that, I do not exclude it.

Yet, they are heavily moving towards PC and console development.

In a few years I bet they'll be a major publisher on non-mobile platforms, even for not-strictly online games.

Announcements like Syn clearly point to this.

 
Castef said:
No.

It may ALSO be for that, I do not exclude it.

Yet, they are heavily moving towards PC and console development.

In a few years I bet they'll be a major publisher on non-mobile platforms, even for not-strictly online games.

Announcements like Syn clearly point to this.

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This also seems like will be ported to mobile in future.
 
I think Sony was in it mainly for the MP IP's and MP talent.......If they dont get this, they will have to buy other studios anyway. MY advise is for Sony to revitalize Warhawk, Mag and Socom or make Syphon Filter the new Rainbow Six alternative......
 
nush said:
This is how the Chinese operate, they buy their way in and then when established they make the demands and changes. Manufactiuring, electronics and tech and movies have all followed the same path. Gaming will be no different.
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You are absolutely correct. I am so tired of this.
 
They were already the world's largest video game company prior to this acquisition. Looks like another good pickup for them.
 
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They'll not make a console but I definitely see them launching a game sub service like PS NOW at some point.

Surely they're the favourites to buying WB? At this rate it won't be long before the courts rule they can't buy more as they'll have a monopoly.
 
Not bad, Tencent is certainly better than EA, Activision these days, probably slightly better than sony too consider the character design direction their games are taking. Western gaming corps are introducing so many weird rules and regulations that are even more damaging and restrictive to game development.
 
Bitmap Frogs said:
I mean, I am disappointed that Tencent keeps getting bigger and bigger but much hyperbole?

So far Tencent's policy has been to give its western devs a lot of autonomy. Chances are for these studios business will continue as usual.
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You might want to research Tencent's history 👀
 
Panajev2001a said:
Are you taking about Chinese companies or Google/Amazon/Microsoft using a position of monopoly and a never ending supply of money to embrace, extend, and extinguish another market once conquered?
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I don't care personally who buys their way into the gaming industry but what I do care about is said company harming the industry. Say what you want about MS but they have done a lot of great things for the industry by way of innovation. What has CCP backed Tacent done exactly? China can't even get basic human rights down with its own people but yet they keep sending out companies that the back to try to gobble up other entities like they are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts.

After I seen them "gift" a building to the African Union in Ethiopia and then stole their data for 5 years I don't put anything past CCP and anyone they back.
 
Neofire said:
I don't care personally who buys their way into the gaming industry but what I do care about is said company harming the industry. Say what you want about MS but they have done a lot of great things for the industry by way of innovation. What has CCP backed Tacent done exactly? China can't even get basic human rights down with its own people but yet they keep sending out companies that the back to try to gobble up other entities like they are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts.

After I seen them "gift" a building to the African Union in Ethiopia and then stole their data for 5 years I don't put anything past CCP and anyone they back.
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Replying to him will just derail the thread.
 
brokenduck said:
Not bad, Tencent is certainly better than EA, Activision these days, probably slightly better than sony too consider the character design direction their games are taking. Western gaming corps are introducing so many weird rules and regulations that are even more damaging and restrictive to game development.
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I remember during Diablo Immortal scandal, a Chinese guy in Reddit said Chinese gamers didnt complain about Diablo Immortal because this was pretty normal in China. Chinese game companies treat their users like pigs they can farm(thats literally what he said). Some Chinese online games(like Moonlight Blade) have MTX that can make EA look like saint.
 
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nush said:
This is how the Chinese operate, they buy their way in and then when established they make the demands and changes. Manufactiuring, electronics and tech and movies have all followed the same path. Gaming will be no different.
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Exactly, they are very friendly at first, once they get into the estabilishment seat is where things start to go downhill:

-Blizzard banning players over Free HK chants, even firing it's personnel on the scene

-Movie Studios removing Taiwan mentions on the new Top Gun, Dreamworks working with a Chinese studio in a CG movie where the disputed SEA islands belongs to china in a map.
 
namekuseijin said:
Trump banned just Huawei and got a impeachment, virus and rioting in his heels.

imagine what happens if he pisses off quarentined LOL kids
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You think any of that is connected? LOL
As for tencent buying another studio is just another studio I avoid.
 
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Chinese government getting ready to take over the gaming market like:

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I previously saw a list of studios and games included and the only one I had any interest in was Gears Tactics, which Xbox could always have another one of their studios make a sequel. Therefore I would have much preferred Sony over Ten Cent acquiring Leyou.
 
CatLady said:
I previously saw a list of studios and games included and the only one I had any interest in was Gears Tactics, which Xbox could always have another one of their studios make a sequel. Therefore I would have much preferred Sony over Ten Cent acquiring Leyou.
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They made Gears Tactics even when owned by Leyou. So we may still get Tactics 2.
 
Bernkastel said:
They made Gears Tactics even when owned by Leyou. So we may still get Tactics 2.
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I meant if Sony bought it, one of Xbox's studios would have to make the sequel. I'm pretty sure neither Sony nor Xbox would be down with a Sony 1st party making an MS exclusive and I'd be fine with that if it meant Sony got Leyou instead of Ten Cent
 
CatLady said:
I meant if Sony bought it, one of Xbox's studios would have to make the sequel. I'm pretty sure neither Sony nor Xbox would be down with a Sony 1st party making an MS exclusive and I'd be fine with that if it meant Sony got Leyou instead of Ten Cent
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I dont think Coalition will do Tactics 2, instead they will start hunting for another studio like they are doing for KI.
 
For those of you who don't want to bother checking out Leyou's game library, their focus is basically this:

- Warframe
- A slew of Chinese market games and F2P model games
- Splash Damage studio who does good work mainly supporting a main studio doing the rest of the game. For example, SD seems to focus on helping a game developing the MP modes, while the other studio does SP

So whether it's Sony or Tencent, Leyou is a MP focused company who gets most of their revenue from F2P kinds of models, with exception of SD.
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
For those of you who don't want to bother checking out Leyou's game library, their focus is basically this:

- Warframe
- A slew of Chinese market games and F2P model games
- Splash Damage studio who does good work mainly supporting a main studio doing the rest of the game. For example, SD seems to focus on helping a game developing the MP modes, while the other studio does SP

So whether it's Sony or Tencent, Leyou is a MP focused company who gets most of their revenue from F2P kinds of models, with exception of SD.
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Heh, 90+ posts later...

Thanks for the breakdown! Warframe is the big game name here, but Leyou has a couple major subsidiaries that might be worth catching up with if they don't already ring a bell.


Digital Extremes​
Digital Extremes (DE) is a game development studio founded in 1993 and headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada. DE has developed or co-developed a number of AAA game masterpieces, such as the Unreal series (Epic Games published), the BioShock series (2K Games published), and the Darkness II (2K Games published).​
DE has branches in California, in addition to the London headquarters, which covers all major departments of game development and distribution. Core game development team members have more than 15 years of average experience.​
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Splash Damage​
Splash Damage (hereinafter referred to as SD) is a 3A video game development company founded in 2001 by founder Paul Wedgwood and headquartered in London, England.​
SD is particularly good at the development of shooting multiplayer games, as well as in the development of related action and strategy games. In the company's 16-year history, SD has developed/co-developed a variety of shooting AAA masterpieces including " Return to Castle Wolfenstein", "Doom" and "Gears of War".​
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Athlon Games​
Athlon Games is located in Burbank, Los Angeles, USA. Mainly responsible for the overseas PR publishment of all products of Leyou Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. (Leyou Group), branding marketing and continuously cooperating with major overseas media and game development companies. Dave Miller, former vice president of Warner Bros games, is responsible for the company's business.​
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Kingmaker​
Kingmaker (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Beijing, China. The company's core staffs have served in Perfect World, Elex, Sohu Changyou, KongZhong, and other game companies, specializing in F2P game design and publishing, produced and published a number of successful products such as "Tian Long Ba Bu" and "Neverwinter Nights OL". The company is positioned in the global game market and is designed to produce AAA-level multiplayer online games, covering the PC and console game market.​
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Radiance Games​
Guangzhou Radiance Software Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2016, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, mainly specializing in online game development for PC, console, mobile platform. The company's current work-Civilization Online, which is exclusively licensed by Take Two International GmbH. The company's core developers have worked for NetEase, Tencent, Perfect World and other prestigeous companies, and their average experience has been more than ten years. They are the first batch of personnel engaged in online game development in China.​
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Castef said:
No.

It may ALSO be for that, I do not exclude it.

Yet, they are heavily moving towards PC and console development.

In a few years I bet they'll be a major publisher on non-mobile platforms, even for not-strictly online games.

Announcements like Syn clearly point to this.

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I expect to see this as a advert for their next mobile game.
 
martino said:
Seems this is only fine if it's an american corporation....
Imo if we go there USA needs to be ban too where i live.
I don't need one cultural colonialism over an other.
The funny thing being China learnt the rules and is now only beating USA at their own game



good example of what happen when you are so much into warring that you totally miss the point and worries expressed here and create warring narrative from a situation
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thats fine and all but there is a big difference. One place censors the hell out of things and the other doesn't. I still have nightmares from that pubg china video I saw months ago.
 
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Bernkastel said:
I remember during Diablo Immortal scandal, a Chinese guy in Reddit said Chinese gamers didnt complain about Diablo Immortal because this was pretty normal in China. Chinese game companies treat their users like pigs they can farm(thats literally what he said). Some Chinese online games(like Moonlight Blade) have MTX that can make EA look like saint.
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That's netease and not tencent, ten cent has one of the best track record on maintaining game developer's freedom with a few rules to avoid Chinese censorship.
 
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