Tencent enters the capital of the creators of Yooka

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If a few weeks ago we were echoing Tencents shopping in Japan, now the turn of seeing the trip of the Chinese conglomerate in Europe, specifically with the acquisition of a minority participation of PLATONIC, better known between The public for being the creators of Yoka-Laylee platforms.

In a statement, the development team guarantees its creative independence after the entry into the capital of Riot Games owners among others. In addition, they hope to use the investment received to expand their infrastructure, having a single development team to three, and hiring personnel in different latitudes. Thus, Platonic is considering possible acquisitions in an effort to increase the companys template from 40 to 90 employees this next biennium.

The entrance of Tencent Games in the capital allows the company to reinforce its editorial bet, where a few months ago they presented the Independent Seal Platonic Friends, now under the direction of Danny Spite, a veteran of Raw Fury and Team17.

As we picked up a few months ago, Platonic is also working on several video games, being one of these a sequel to Yooka-Laylee, released in 2017. The saga later expanded with Yooka-Laylee and the impossible Lair, a spin-off in 2.5D that left a taste of mouth in the wording of 3D games.

As for Tencents purchases, this year the purchase of digital sumo for more than 1,000 million euros, or the acquisition of Eager.