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Tencent starts US studio to make AAA games for next-gen consoles
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Steve Martin looks so young in that picture, never knew he worked for rockstar though. No wonder hes The Jerk.
Surprised Tencent decided to open the studio in LA. That's fairly expensive compared to other options with deep game studio talent pools.
Tencent is setting up a AAA Studio in NA lead by Scott Warner (former Ubisoft Game Director)
More at the link: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-18-tencent-is-starting-a-aaa-studio-in-north-america From the article: ___ You may remember from November last year that Tencent has plans to expand into the US and Europe to target console game players. Link...
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That's cool, we really haven't had any big investments into new AAA studio creation for a long time
Steve Martin? What a jerk.
On a more serious note, seems like Tencent is going all in on consoles.
On a more serious note, seems like Tencent is going all in on consoles.
Hey, more games the better. I ain't gonna complain. Open world is nice. Thought it would another arena hero shooter moba battle Royale card game.
why would a console AAA game have the chinese censorship in mind?
Or data mining. Fuck, I do not trust anything that comes out of that company.
I mean that it might not feature any content that would it get censored in China. I imagine Tencent isn't going to neglect their own home market.
From LA area they already got talents from Respawn and Insomniac. Naughty Dogs, Sony Santa Monica, and even Microsoft's The Initiative are nearby. Outside of Seattle and Bay Area you aren't getting this much talent
Man this might be a wild as fuck guess, but a part of me wonders if this isn't where the Andy Macnamera might be going.
"An open world game" lol highly likely its derivative and tedious
Yep, and is the owner of League of Legends, a strong private investor in EPIC games and partner in developing the new Pokemon MOBA.
They essentially print money and are really not a company you simply dismiss for bullshit reasons.
Are you boycotting because of tencent? Are there any games left in the world you're able to play?
Perhaps. DS is an open world game and that had a pretty novel focus. I mean the details are so broad nothing much can be infered yet
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They will. Look at blizzard.
Now a developer specifically created BY Tencent? I'd be astounded if there weren't mini games where you murder uigurs.
Tencent is evil. Pure and simple. It uses its influence to enforce the propaganda aims of a racist, totalitarian, kleptocratic regime regime. There's no getting around that.
They *really* hired a wave of top talent.
Sergei Kuprejanov - Lead Narrative Mission Designer. Previously for 23 years at Rockstar as a Design Director.
William Harms - Studio Narrative Director. Former Lead Writer/Narrative Director on Mafia 3 at Hangar 13.
Ken Feldman Art Director: worked previously at Respawn and before that at Santa Monica Studio.
Emanuel Druckmann - Studio Technical Art Director: yup, Neil's brother. Worked previously at Sony's Visual Arts Services Group as a Senior Art Manager and before that at Riot Games (Art Lead)
Bill Merrill – Technical Director. Previously Principal Engineer / Technical Director at Amazon Game Studios.
Trey McNair - Lead Environment Artist. Previously Senior Environment Artist at Insomniac Games.
And they are ramping up:
Sergei Kuprejanov - Lead Narrative Mission Designer. Previously for 23 years at Rockstar as a Design Director.
William Harms - Studio Narrative Director. Former Lead Writer/Narrative Director on Mafia 3 at Hangar 13.
Ken Feldman Art Director: worked previously at Respawn and before that at Santa Monica Studio.
Emanuel Druckmann - Studio Technical Art Director: yup, Neil's brother. Worked previously at Sony's Visual Arts Services Group as a Senior Art Manager and before that at Riot Games (Art Lead)
Bill Merrill – Technical Director. Previously Principal Engineer / Technical Director at Amazon Game Studios.
Trey McNair - Lead Environment Artist. Previously Senior Environment Artist at Insomniac Games.
And they are ramping up:
They *really* hired a wave of top talent.
Sergei Kuprejanov - Lead Narrative Mission Designer. Previously for 23 years at Rockstar as a Design Director.
William Harms - Studio Narrative Director. Former Lead Writer/Narrative Director on Mafia 3 at Hangar 13.
Ken Feldman Art Director: worked previously at Respawn and before that at Santa Monica Studio.
Emanuel Druckmann - Studio Technical Art Director: yup, Neil's brother. Worked previously at Sony's Visual Arts Services Group as a Senior Art Manager and before that at Riot Games (Art Lead)
Bill Merrill – Technical Director. Previously Principal Engineer / Technical Director at Amazon Game Studios.
Trey McNair - Lead Environment Artist. Previously Senior Environment Artist at Insomniac Games.
And they are ramping up:
Look like they want their own R*