New press release this morning regarding the Chinese giant Tencent. Having made a significant participation in recent years of companies such as Fatshark, Grinding Gear Game island Blue holein addition to having posts from enough time for many others that we will name eventually, it’s Funcom’s turnwho has signed an agreement to purchase 29% of the actions.
Tencent continues to expand its influence through all major industries
The acquisition leads Tencent to Funcom’s main shareholder. The operation was completed with the acquisition of all shares belonging to the Norwegian company KGJ Capital AS, which is today the main shareholder in Funcom.
For more than a decade, Funcom has successfully launched several multiplayer titles, including Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, The Secret World and most recently Conan Exiles. So far, 2017 as 2018 was the most lucrative years in Funcom’s history.
Funcom recently announced that the company has acquired the exclusive rights to develop and publish games for PCs and consoles based on DUNE’s IP for the next six years. The company is already working on a sandbox game in the open world of the DUNE universe and is working closely with Legendary Entertainment, which is launching a new DUNE binoculars in December 2020 directed by Denis Villeneuve.
“We are very pleased to see Tencent as Funcom’s largest shareholder,” said Rui Casais, CEO of Funcom. “Tencent has a reputation for being a long-term responsible investor and for its recognized operational capability in online gaming. The vision, experience and knowledge that Tencent will bring great value to us, and we hope to work closely with them to that extent. we continue to develop fantastic games and build an exciting future for Funcom ”.
Tencent ranks first in terms of online gaming sign-ups globally and is an agent for many of the major gaming companies such as Riot Games, Epic, Supercell, Ubisoft, Paradox, Frontier and Miniclip.
