David Cage’s studio is now under one of the Chinese tech giants.

While Tencent has already made its way to Europe (we wrote about its acquisition of 1C Entertainment), NetEase has been on hold. And they have a relatively household name in the form of Detroit: Become Human, Beyond: Two Souls, Heavy Rain, or Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy overseas) developer Quantic Dream, which will continue to develop and publish for all platforms independently, and support and publish third-party titles, while also leveraging NetEase’s game development capabilities.

NetEase CEO and director William Ding said in the press release, “We are thrilled to embark on an exciting new stage of growth with Quantic Dream, bound by our shared vision, mutual trust and respect. NetEase will continue to fulfil our promise to support Quantic Dream to realise its full potential. By combining the wild creativity and exceptional narrative focus of Quantic Dream with NetEase’s powerful facilities, resources and execution capabilities, we believe there are infinite possibilities that could redefine the interactive entertainment experience we provide for players worldwide.”

David Cage, founder, CEO, writer and director of Quantic Dream, added: “Today marks an important milestone for our studio after a quarter century of complete independence. NetEase Games values our creative freedom and the drive and passion of our uniquely diverse team. We will now be able to accelerate the vision we share as a group by creating landmark titles that touch people on an emotional level. We have highly differentiated games in the making, and I truly believe that the best is yet to come from Quantic Dream. I am particularly proud that our employees, who were offered a significant share of our capital over the past years, will fully benefit from this acquisition. It is a testimony to our continued commitment to rewarding all who made Quantic Dream the successful studio it is today.”

And Guillaume de Fondaumiere, co-CEO and head of publishing at Quantic Dream, said: “NetEase Games first invested in Quantic Dream three years ago. Over this period, we had the opportunity to work closely together and saw first-hand how like-minded and complementary we are. NetEase Games’ acquisition is a natural evolution in this process. It creates a unique opportunity to boost Quantic Dream’s growth by giving our production and publishing teams all the necessary means to excel.”

However, make no mistake: China’s European expansion has reached another milestone. Meanwhile, the studio is working on Star Wars: Eclipse, but who knows who could be next? There will also be some discussion regarding Tencent later today.

Source: Gematsu