NetEase Games Has Acquired Quantic Dream - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 31 August 2022 / 1,266 Views
NetEase Game announced it has acquired French-based developer Quantic Dream, best known for Detroit: Become Human, Beyond: Two Souls, and Heavy Rain.
Quantic Dream is the first studio based in Europe to be acquired by NetEase Games. The studio will continue to operate independently and focus on developing games, as well as publishing games for all platforms.
"We are thrilled to embark on an exciting new stage of growth with Quantic Dream, bound by our shared vision, mutual trust and respect," said NetEase CEO and director William Ding. "NetEase will continue to fulfil our promise to support Quantic Dream to realize 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 re-define the interactive entertainment experience we provide for players worldwide."
Quantic Dream founder, CEO, and writer-director David Cage 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, of 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 reward all those who have made Quantic Dream the successful studio it is today."
Quantic Dream co-CEO and head of publishing Guillaume de Fondaumiere 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 comes as a natural evolution in this process and creates a unique opportunity to boost Quantic Dream’s growth by giving our production and publishing teams all the necessary means to excel."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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just when I thought Quantic Dream couldn't get worse
On the bright side their next game will be multiplatform
Sony ditched their partnership after Detroit.
Can't blame them
You know what they say, right?
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Considering the funding they received from NetEase for the past 3 years this isn`t surprising, but also considering what "came out" of it I can say I'm not thrilled for their future.
Sigh.
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