The scope of Tencent it is very extensive and, once again, it has been done with a new developer. The developer of Nightingale“Inflexion Games”, has been acquired by Tencent for an undisclosed amount.
According to the report, the original owners, Improbable, began to spin off Inflexion starting last summer, when they changed their business focus away from first-party game development. This left Inflexion already Nightingale adrift, as he had originally planned to create a game using Improbable’s cloud computing technology, SpatialOS.
It also put Inflexion in the difficult position of having to find a new home. This could have led to an unfortunate situation where Inflexion would lose its creative independence, something CEO Aaryn Flynn valued more after leaving BioWare and EA. Flynn has stated that although the change in direction of Unlikely has given him a bit of a whiplash, the two parties have parted on “amicable” terms. And that has to do, to a large extent, with Tencent Pay the bill. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed, but Flynn has said the deal is a win-win thanks to Tencent’s history of staying out of Western studio acquisitions.
“But at the same time, we recognized in them not only the largest game development company in the world, but a company that had extensive experience in creating compelling live services and compelling player communities, and that understood exactly the culture needed to build thatFlynn said.And since that was an important part of our business plan with Nightingale, we were excited about that complementary experience.“. That’s not to say that Improbable’s passage wasn’t entirely painless. Nightingale was originally pitched as an MMORPG, but once news broke that Improbable wanted to sell Inflexion last summer, Nightingale changed to be “a more intimate experience, for a single player or for a small group“.