Epitome via Turtle Rock Studios

Tencent, the massive conglomerate based in China, has been making waves over the by yr. The company continues to make unexpected announcements such every bit the formation of their Level Infinite publishing brand and a new minority pale in Playtonic. The Turtle Stone Studios acquisition is Tencent's nearly recent surprise.

The developers of Back 4 Blood, Turtle Stone Studios, are condign part of the Tencent family via the acquisition of Turtle Rock's parent visitor, Slamfire, Inc. According to the Business Wire printing release, the studio will nonetheless operate independently out of its California offices. Back four Claret'southward current postal service-launch support volition remain unaffected as the game was published nether Warner Bros. Games and Tencent didn't purchase the rights to the IP.

With that said, time to come games are expected to tap into Tencent's seemingly unlimited resources. Turtle Rock Studios President Steve Goldstein claims that Tencent's support will assist them "create the kinds of ambitious games we dream of, while allowing us to retain our autonomy and contained spirit." As for what those future projects are, in that location's no concrete info merely nevertheless.

Main Strategy Officer of Tencent Games Global Eddie Chan may accept shed some lite on the studio's future plans, however. Chan said Tencent snatched upward Turtle Rock Studios considering they're fans of their direction, specially making note of "their amazing approach to creating co-operative online games." Information technology'southward entirely possible Turtle Stone Studios may branch out and try single-player experiences, simply Chan's phrasing suggests they're going to remain in their chemical element.