Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios

Conglomerate Tencent caused Slamfire, the parent company of developer Turtle Rock Studios, as announced on Friday. Turtle Stone Studios is known for its piece of work on the Left 4 Dead games, Evolve and more recently, the co-op shooter Back 4 Claret. Turtle Rock notes that despite the conquering, the studio will go along to be run past its co-founders, Phil Robb and Chris Ashton.

Turtle Rock Studios plans to utilise the resources from the acquisition to expand the team and develop "new exciting multiplayer experiences." The team is also promising to provide future updates on whatsoever plans decided upon for Back 4 Blood.

"Additionally, we get to do something we have never washed earlier every bit a studio: turn a universe nosotros created into a true long-standing AAA franchise. We can now ensure that the Back 4 Blood franchise is hither to stay and we will be working on information technology well into the time to come," the team adds.

Tencent has rapidly grown in the gaming industry over the final few years, owning Anarchism Games and acquiring studios like Leyou, while too investing with minority stakes in numerous teams like Epic Games, Bloober Team, Dontnod and PlatinumGames.

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