The president of Platinum Games, Kenichi Sato, has communicated on the official website what The study has reached a partnership with Tencent in which the Chinese multinational has made a capital investment. The agreement will not affect the independence of Platinum Games, which will continue to operate under the same corporate structure. Sato reports that the deal aims to strengthen Platinum as a business and «Expand from game development to self-publishing».
Platinum Games has been working on Babylon’s Fall, produced by Square Enix and the expected third installment of Bayonetta, of which nothing has been known for a long time even though Kamiya assured, at the end of last month, that the development of the game was going very well.
You can read the translated statement below:
We would like to announce that we have received a capital investment from Tencent Holdings Limited as the basis for the partnership. This association has no effect on the independence of our company, and we will continue to operate under our current corporate structure.
We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundations as a business and expand from game development to self-publishing. We also hope that this partnership will give us a broader global perspective, while creating high quality games that remain true to our name.
Thank you as always for your continued support. Please wait to see what we have in the store.
