Tencent is trying to buy Crytek, whose technology China could benefit from to make military simulations - iGamesNews

Tencent is trying to buy Crytek, whose technology China could benefit from to make military simulations – iGamesNews

Tencent It is not only one of the largest companies in China and the video game industry, but also in the entire world, and it seems that it is not satisfied with that, aiming to continue expanding the company even more. After being the official supplier of Nintendo Switch

in the Asian giant, it has just been revealed that it would be trying to buy Crytek, the study responsible for the development of the popular Crysis.

However, it is possible that this purchase has little related to video games purposes. CryEngine

, the Crytek proprietary graphics engine, could be taken advantage of by the Chinese regime for the development of military simulations, as reported by some employees of Crytek itself, who are shown “Scared”

for the use that could be given to their technology, as the Bild media has shared exclusively.

Tencent would plan to make this acquisition through a subsidiary located in Europe, coming to pay 300.000.000 $, a really high amount that shows the great interest of the Chinese company.