One of the most cherished independent players in the industry and renowned for its contribution with games like Dead Island and Dying Light 2, Techland is now turning the page and embracing a whole new and exciting chapter. According to words from founder and CEO Paweł Marchewka, Techland is now welcoming Tencent as majority shareholder.

The reasoning for the partnership with one of the largest global videogame studios is explained by the ambition to deliver the first new Techland IP in almost a decade. A fantasy open-world RPG with the burden of the studio’s top-quality backlog, it has to live up to players’ expectations worldwide, and that is where Tencent comes in. With the strength of the capabilities and resources provided by this cooperation, Techland should be able to deliver on the boldest vision without any restraints.

The announcement clarifies that Paweł will retain his position as the studio’s CEO, and states that Techland remains the owner of its IP, while creative freedom should come out unscathed from this deal.

While little is known about this fantasy epic, it sounds like Techland’s best work is in the making. After honing its open-world craft in over a decade of fiddling around with zombies and parkour, we can only hope this turns out to be the studio’s Skyrim… or even better.

Source: Techland