A British game developer was acquired by a Chinese poultry farm for $ 150 million, the creator of Batman: Arkham Underworld is cutting staff, and a remake of the classic game Day of the Tentacle has been launched on iOS.
1. The Chinese chicken farming and chicken sales firm Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited has acquired the British game studio Splash Damage. Together with the developer, studio CEO Paul Wedgwood sold the publishing house Warchest and the company Fireteam, which was engaged in server support of game projects. The value of the transaction is not called, but according to the GamesIndustry resource, the figure was $ 150 million. The purchase was made by the “daughter” of a Chinese company – Radius Maxima Limited. This is not the only transaction of this kind. In 2015, a Chinese company acquired a controlling stake (97%) in Digital Extremes, the authors of Warframe. The goal of chicken producers is to “increase the prestige of poultry farming” and diversify the business.
2. The developer of Batman: Arkham Underworld, Turbine Studio, is cutting staff. This is done in order to completely switch to a mobile frituplay. The exact number of employees affected by the layoffs is still unknown. Batman: Arkham Underworld has become the studio’s debut game. Up to this point, Turbine was mainly engaged in online projects. One of the company’s flagships is The Lord of the Rings Online game.
3. The classic Day of the Tentacle, released in 1993 by LucasArts, has received a new incarnation on iOS. The game about time travel, friendship and purple tentacles was completely redrawn and re-voiced, and in addition, the controls were changed for touch screens. The feature of the new project is the comments of the creators of the original version, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. They can be turned on so that they accompany the game action.