The Californian developer was previously responsible for the Left 4 Dead games and enjoying great success with the spiritual successor Back 4 Blood for some time, and now now it became known as The Valve South. Tencent won’t be enforcing similar identity change, as the press release states that Turtle Rock will remain independent and the management team will continue to run studio operations. We are huge fans of Turtle Rocks, primarily for their amazing approach to creating co-operative online games, said Eddie Chan, Tencent Games chief strategy officer. We can’t wait to see what happens next, and were excited to be an part of their future. Steve Goldstein, Turtle Rocks’ president, said: We’re all looking forward to joining Tencent studios. Tencents outstanding partners, global reach, deep knowledge of the gaming and without delay our support will help us create the kind of ambitious games we dream of, while allowing us to retain our autonomy and integrity. Since the merger of Turtle Rock and DSM in 2011, Tencent invested in Klei Entertainment, DONTNOD and Payload Studios. In summer it looked to acquire Sumo Group with a bid just shy of onebn ($1.27m) dollars. The deal is supposed to be completed in January after meeting recently the agreement of the United States Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS).
