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Tencent buying a bit of Arma devs BohemiaBusiness as usual, Bohemia say
Business as usual, Bohemia say
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Bohemia don’t say how big a stake they sold, nor how much they got for it.
Tencent have their fingers in a great many gaming pies. They fully own a number of companies including Riot Games, Funcom, Digital Extremes, and Splash Damage, and hold a majority stake in Grinding Gear Games. They also have minority stakes in Epic Games, Frontier Developments, Blizzard, Paradox Interactive, Ubisoft, Dontnod, and more. And they’ve worked with Bohemia before, bringing their sandbox game Ylands to China.
“We are pleased to deepen our relationship with Tencent, one of the most significant internet companies in the world,” Bohemia CEO Marek Španěl said inthe announcement. “We look forward to working on our current and future generations of games with the support of a strong partner that has known us for many years and understands our unique approach to online games.”
While Tencent may be buying small parts of many studios, with the pace ofthe consolidation of the games industrythey’re starting to look glacial compared to folks like Embracer Group. In the past six months, the group which owns THQ Nordic, Deep Silver, and more has bought games companies includingGearbox,4A Games and New World Interactive,Aspyr Media,Flying Wild Hog, Snapshot Games, and Zen Studios.
