Skip to main content

Tencent invests in the capital of Studio Eleventh Hour Games (Last Epoch)

In April 2018, the independent studio Eleventh Hour Games lifted more than $ 250,000 as part of a participatory funding campaign on Kickstarter to realize the development of its hack & slash * Last Epoch * . The game quickly revealed in a playable demo, and then received early access launched in April 2019 for an exit which was then scheduled for the following year. The launching dates of the independent studios are nevertheless a little random and the release of Last Epoch is still waiting, after being postponed many times - the game is now officially expected this year.

A Deal with the Devil - A Nuanced Take on Tencent buying EHG

In this context, Eleventh Hour Games today announces a minority participation of the Chinese giant Tencent in its capital. The developer does not specify the amount of the investment, nor the level participation of the investor, but promises that the operation will ultimately ensure "the stability of development" at Last Epoch and the release of its version 1.0 - the Fund will finance the material of the development team and the server infrastructures, the recruitment of new employees and subcontractors, the promotion of version 1.0 of the game and more generally the growth of the studio.

If one can undoubtedly welcome this fundraising for Eleventh Hour Games and Last Epoch, some players are more dubious. Since its creation, Eleventh Hour Games boasts its "independent" developer philosophy, animated by "enthusiasts", that some judge not compatible with the investment of a colossus of the game industry - and incidentally of Chinese origin, at a time when the nationality of the studios becomes a criterion of acceptability. The Judd Cover Game Director therefore emphasizes (in bold in the announcement) that the management of Eleventh Hour Games will remain independent, whether on an administrative or in terms of direction of the development or operation of Last Epoch, or that the personal data of the players are not intended to be transmitted to the new investor. And obviously, after more than 18 months of fundraising by the young studio, Tencent was the only investor to accept these conditions - we know the little interventionist giant, at least the financial results follow. The future will say if the choice was, or not, the most judicious.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

9 Games, on whose story you can not remember

A rousing and emotional story is for many games the priority number 1. In other cases, the Why is in the background. We asked you what you do not know anymore what it's all about. In this picture line you will find your answers. 9 games you played and forgot the story From time to time comes a video game, which is completely piercing you, where you enjoy the gameplay and that you would have to think back to the year later nostalgic. Nevertheless, there is a question: What exactly was there? There can be many reasons why you can not remember a Game Story. Especially the Metal Gear series is even famous for their confusing action. In other cases, you may have a detail just misunderstood, or it's just for a very long time since you have got tied the game last. Look at your answers here: Played and forgotten again. We asked you what actions in video games you can not remember, though you've washed the games, and they still like them. In this picture line we show you yo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Pokémon Go: Does your star dust need? Play the Parfi Spotlight

Do you have to Pokémon Go Spotlight Hour on February 8, 2022 time and want to improve your stardust account? Then treat you! Although there is no Shiny Parfi (yet) No Shiny Parfi - we do not know what the people of Pokémon Go occurs a few hours before, Was not different with Shiny Lehoo . But we at least know that you benefit from 18:00 and 19:00 on 08/8/02,2022 from the double catch star dust bonus. If that is not even good! Starry for still a bit more Star dust So if the limelight hour starts on February 8, 2022 and you do not see much more than Parfi in the wild, then you should retain two starding pieces; Finally, the effect of a rigidity takes 30 minutes and buffs your stardust income again by 50 percent. And then he goes off, the star dust. However, you should make sure that you have enough poké balls in your pocket and sufficient space in your Pokébox, so you can also collect all the Parfi. Because only when catching there's the star dust. If you are interested in...
Post a Comment
Read more

What is the secret of the success of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Neither his manufacturer understands, however he has some concepts

Certainly, this property has actually stood out from a multitude of individuals, which is why Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains to be in between the very popular video games of today . In addition, from Nintendo they do not intend to quit this celebration at the wheel as well as, to add even more selection to their games, they have actually lately included 50 brand-new circuits in a DLC: Bonus track pass. We made the game in a means in which the unthinkable things occur kosuke yabuki "in retrospection, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a excellent choice for switch . We must additionally take into account the nature of the game or, instead, the particularities of your driving: "Normally, you do not try to prevent your challenger in the auto racing video games, however in Mario Kart you invest the race pulling shells as well as trying that opponents are slid with banana husks . We create the video game in a means in which the things unimaginable like slipping in a banana shell just b...
Post a Comment
Read more