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Tencent is starting a AAA studio in North America

EA and Ubisoft veteran Scott Warner will be studio director for Tencent's first AAA operation in the US

Tencent is setting up a new AAA studio in North America, bringing in veteran developer Scott Warner to lead the operation.

Warner has an impressive track record in AAA: he was design director on Halo 4 at 343 Industries, game director on Battlefield Hardline at EA Visceral, and was most recently game director for Ubisoft in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"I am moving on to a new role," Warner said, announcing his departure from Ubisoft on Twitter. "I'll be the studio director of a new AAA operation in North America for Tencent."

The location of the new studio has not yet been decided, with Warner stating that it "might be Seattle, might be Los Angeles."

Tencent is the biggest games publisher in the world by revenue, but its growth outside of China has largely been fuelled by acquisitions -- Supercell and Riot Games, for example.

This move is one of Tencent's first attempts to start an internal AAA studio from scratch.

Source: Games Industry

 

[SupremeHoodie]

Scary.

 

[M1chl]

Commies seems can't stop winning.

 

[bumleforce]

Its only a matter of time before they buy a bunch of companies and make a console. I predict they will launch a console in the gen after series x and ps5

 

[Optimistic Gamer]

Weird news. You can be scared because it's chinas strongest financial arm reaching out or you can see it as a possible connection to bring together cultures that are too distanced right now. Intercultural influence always goes both directions.

 

[Barry Curtains]

To develop more GaaS no doubt.

 

[MightySquirrel]

As a gamer I'm happy there will be a new AAA studio with almost unlimited budget.

 

[wenaldy]

Now the 'commies' teach USA the meaning of capitalism.

 

[Eliciel]

they will focus on Multiplayer I guess?

 

[longdi]

Dont be xenophobic though. Those who invested in ETF, Nasdaq, are already funding Tencent

 

[Starfield]

Ahh Battlefield Hardline and Halo 4,the best of each franchises

 

[IfuckinghateReddit]

Fuck China and fuck anyone that works for Ten Cent.

Free Hong Kong.

 

[Great Hair]

veteran developer Scott Warner

impressive track record in AAA

design director

Halo 4

game director on Battlefield Hardline

Ubisoft in the San Francisco Bay Area

The location of the new studio has not yet been decided,

an "ok" Halo
a mediocre Battlefield
and Watch Dogs 2? most likely
Santa Monica (LA) will be the spot, wanna bet?

can´t find any wikipage

 

[Inviusx]

Tencent are becoming worryingly large. Publicly listed game devs should watch their back IMHO.

 

[SleepDoctor]

an "ok" Halo
a mediocre Battlefield
and Watch Dogs 2? most likely
Santa Monica (LA) will be the spot, wanna bet?

can´t find any wikipage

Beat me to it lmao

 

[Vawn]

Does anyone else just picture Tencent as some huge, evil communist company? I picture their NA building being completely red, with black banners and Chinese guards in full military clothes pacing the parking lot.

You can be scared because it's chinas strongest financial arm reaching out or you can see it as a possible connection to bring together cultures that are too distanced right now.

Definitely option A.

 

[10000]

I'm happy if it isn't a free to play games or pay to win or GaaS or you name it

I don't think halo 4 design director is that impressive though, let alone battlefield hardline, a game I barely knows

 

[Cert.in.Death]

All hail the CCP.

Who knew all that communism needed was one less letter C?

 

[Makariel]

Scott Warner is way too common of a name, when I just googled Scott Warner the first hit I got was "...jailed for four-and-a-half years for stealing cars"

The location of the new studio has not yet been decided, with Warner stating that it "might be Seattle, might be Los Angeles."

So at the moment Tencent USA is not even having business cards?

Tencent is the biggest games publisher in the world by revenue, but its growth outside of China has largely been fuelled by acquisitions -- Supercell and Riot Games, for example.

That is quite selective, here a bit more complete list of Tencent involvement:

Among its known investments, as of February 2020, include:

• 5% ownership in France's Ubisoft, purchased from Vivendi following Vivendi's failed attempt to buy out Ubisoft in March 2018[151][152]
• 80% ownership in the New Zealand company Grinding Gear Games, the developers of the game Path of Exile.[153][154][155]
• Full ownership of Riot Games, the American developers of League of Legends[156]
• Approximately 84% ownership in Finnish mobile game developer Supercell[157]
• 40% ownership of American developers Epic Games, which was used to launch Fortnite[158]
• Approximately 15% ownership of American mobile game developer Glu Mobile[159]
• 5% ownership of American publisher/developer Activision Blizzard[159]
• 5% ownership of Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive[159]
• Majority ownership in Switzerland-based mobile game developer Miniclip[160]
• Full ownership of Norwegian publisher Funcom.[161][162]
• Minority share in Japanese developer PlatinumGames[163]
• Minority share in German developer Yager Development[164]

They are having their fingers in very many pies.

Fuck China and fuck anyone that works for Ten Cent.

Free Hong Kong.

This is gaming, not politics. Also, see above, you'd fuck quite a lot of people.

 

[reconminicon]

Its only a matter of time before they buy a bunch of companies and make a console. I predict they will launch a console in the gen after series x and ps5

And if you think I'm buying a console from the Chinkies "FUCK THAT SHIT" no matter how cheap it is.

 

[Bullet Club]

Here's Scott Warner's Linkedin.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-warner-gamedirector

 

[Starlight Lotice]

I am okay with it as long as Tencent's Studio is NOT influenced by the CCP (which I doubt). Hopefully the US Government are watching them like a Hawk.

 

[Solarstrike]

Let the studio talent pilfering begin.

 

[ManaByte]

Their first game will be a AAA rip-off of Plague, Inc.

 

[johntown]

I am okay with it as long as Tencent's Studio is NOT influenced by the CCP (which I doubt). Hopefully the US Government are watching them like a Hawk.

All Chinese owned companies are influenced by the CCP. That is how Communist countries work.

 

[KOMANI]

Speaking of Tencent... https://www.videogameschronicle.com...eteran-ken-imaizumi-has-left-to-join-tencent/

 

[EverydayBeast]

Fake developer makes Kojima look like a force of nature.

 

[BigBooper]

Buy Capitalist.

 

[Solarstrike]

So what kind of games will we get out of this studio besides weeb trash?

edit:

Spoiler: Edit

there better be some next gen Hentai

 

[DeepEnigma]

Dont be xenophobic though. Those who invested in ETF, Nasdaq, are already funding Tencent

Commie isn't a race. Stop newspeaking your propaganda.

 

[zcaa0g]

Commie isn't a race. Stop newspeaking your propaganda.

Exactly. And the term "xenophobic" is being abused more than the phrase "walking simulator" of late.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Oh, great. More China.

 

[The Shepard]

Steal some far left commies from other companies whilst your at it.

 

[AGRacing]

I heard the game is called “Massacre in the 100 acre wood” and it’s an open world stealth action game where your objective is to murder Winnie the Pooh.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Exactly. And the term "xenophobic" is being abused more than the phrase "walking simulator" of late.

The CCP proponent internet trolls know what they are doing. It's painfully transparent as well.

 

[Valonquar]

AAA cell phone Gatchas

 

[cryptoadam]

Tencent to install backdoors to hack ure PC PS5 and XBOX lol

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Legit scary, I don't trust these guys. I mean they already own 40% of Epic Games for fuck sakes.

 

[IfuckinghateReddit]

Full disclosure, I taught English in Shenzhen from 2017-2019. I had students from Ten Cent learning English where I worked.

They are worked like dogs. It is not a happy place to work at.

The 9-9-6 stereotype of China (9am-9pm, 6 days a week) is real.

They are as ubiquitous in China as Google is in NA. Neither of these is a good thing.

 

[deriks]

Their game will come viral

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Tencent Hires Former Kojima Productions Director Ken-Ichro Imaizumi

Along with Imaizumi, Tencent has also hired the Lead Director of Halo 4, Scott Warner, to direct its new AAA studio in North America

www.dualshockers.com

Tencent Hires Former Kojima Productions Director Ken-Ichro Imaizumi

Along with Imaizumi, Tencent has also hired the Lead Director of Halo 4, Scott Warner, to direct its new AAA studio in North America

 

[The Pleasure]

Looks like ten cent is trying to kinect to my wallet. Fuck off man.

 

[Aion002]

Tencent Hires Former Kojima Productions Director Ken-Ichro Imaizumi

Along with Imaizumi, Tencent has also hired the Lead Director of Halo 4, Scott Warner, to direct its new AAA studio in North America

www.dualshockers.com

What a shame.

Even if they make a really good game, I don't think I want to support a company like tencent...

 

[MiguelItUp]

Not sure how to feel about this at all. It's generally exciting to know about more studios coming to light.

But this... This is different. :|

 

[spectyre]

The fools. They should of hired Neil Druckman.

 

[TacosNSalsa]

 

[Ceadeus]

The company known for MTX + The guy behind halo 4

we're in for a treat

 

[Slings and Arrows]

With the software knowledge of Epic, the Unreal engine and the financial resource of Tencent, what is stopping them from releasing a cheap as chips console?

 

[Bernkastel]

I bet they will chase all the trends like Amazon and Riot.

 

[Daymos]

Yet another reason to stockpile current and past games and prepare for the coming apocalypse! Let the backlog hit the ceiling!

..it's more fun than saving for retirement. Besides, what would be the point of retiring if you didn't have video games to play?