NetEase takes over with Quantic Dream his first European studio. After the Chinese developer a minority stake in 2019 with the French gaming studio, Quantic Dream is now owned completely the Far Eastern Games division an.
As NetEase announced yesterday, the company did with Quantic Dream “one of the leading independent video game developers in the world” accepted. According to NetEase, Quantic Dream “continue to work independently and focus on creating and publishing its video games across all platforms.”
NetEase and Quantic Dream: An Unbeatable Team?
William Ding (CEO and Director of NetEase Inc.) commented on the deal: “We are excited to enter an exciting new phase of growth with Quantic Dream, bound by our shared vision, mutual trust and respect.”
thing promised “To help Quantic Dream reach its full potential” and stressed that the Added value of the merger above all “by combining the wild creativity and exceptional narrative focus of Quantic Dream” liege.
Furthermore there is “with the powerful facilities, resources and execution capabilities of NetEase […] infinite possibilities […] the interactive entertainment experience, […] to redefine”so Ding.
Who is Quantic Dream?
Quantic Dream made a name for themselves narrative games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. The company is currently working in Cooperation with Lucasfilm Games an Star Wars Eclipse.
David Cage (founder, CEO, writer and director of Quantic Dream) speaks of one “major milestone” for the developer studio:
“We will now be able to accelerate the vision we share as a group of creating breakthrough titles that touch people on an emotional level. We have highly differentiated games in the works and I truly believe the best of Quantic Dream is yet to come.”
Who is NetEase?
NetEase Games is so far mostly for its Mobile and online games known and entertained Partnerships with companies like Activision Blizzard and Mojang (Minecraft). In addition, the developer is currently working with the up-and-coming developer studio Everstone Games Open-World-Action-RPG Where Winds Meetthat on the Gamescom 2022 its trailer premiere celebrated.