Tencent To Purchase Majority Stake In Dying Light Developer Techland

Dying Light developer, Techland has announced a partnership with Tencent that will see the massive Chinese holdings company become the studio’s majority shareholder.

It is not a blog post penned by Techland founder and CEO Paweł Marchewka, he explains the studio has partnered with Tencent for support of its continued expansion of the Dying Light series and to ensure its upcoming fantasy RPGLives up to the expectations

“Teaming up with Tencent will allow us to move full speed ahead with the execution of the vision for our games,” Pawel writes. “We have chosen an ally who has already partnered with some of the world’s finest video game companies and helped them reach new heights while respecting their ways of doing things.”

Pawel confirms that Techland retains full ownership over its IPs. He assures that the studio will have full creative control. Tencent has invested in a variety of studios over the past few years. It has invested in (or has outright acquired) companies such as Epic Games, From Software, Turtle Rock Studios, Riot Games, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard, Remedy Entertainment, among others. 

 For more on Techland, you can check out this Concept artOur new Fantasy IP and our Review of Dying Light 2, Stay Human.