Tencent has acquired a minority stake in Yooka-Laylee developer and publisher Playtonic Games.
While the Chinese gaming giant will own part of the Derby-based company, which is the developer of Yooka-Laylee and its sequel Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Playtonic said it will retain full creative control over its IP.
The studio will use Tencent’s investment to expand from a single team to multiple teams, with “an emphasis on hiring diverse talent from near and afar, improving their HQ [and]
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