China-based NetEase Games (Knives Out, Dead by Daylight Mobile) has announced that it has acquired Quantic Dream! Quantic, the studio behind notable games such as Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, is the latest studio to be acquired this year.
Established 25 years ago, Quantic is NetEase’s first European studio acquisition, and will continue to operate independently, focusing on creating and publishing its games on all platforms, and will also support and publish third-party titles.
Here’s what David Cage, Quantic Dreams CEO and founder had to say about the acquisition:
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.
Guillaume de Fondaumière, Co-CEO and Head of Publishing at Quantic also chimed in:
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.
At last year’s The Game Awards, Quantic announced that it was developing “Star Wars Eclipse.” While there’s not a lot known about it, there is a teaser trailer released.