Apparently too busy chasing the Metaverse, Improbable has indefinitely sold Inflexion Games Studio to Tencent. If this studio is located in cold Canadian Edmonton, it is because it was founded by Aryan Flynn, who worked at BioWare for less than 17 years and also ran the studio for 2 years until his departure in 2017.The sales transaction supports Improbable’s strategy, unveiled earlier this year, that aims to accelerate Metaverse-related activities and refocus the company’s content strategy.“, explains the press release.

And that’s how Tencent Games seized the opportunity to have an additional one in its network, a studio that unveiled its first game, Nightingale, last December. Announced on PC, this survival and construction game . happening in the world imagination The Level Infinite range will join Tencent’s catch-all publishing label.

,It is a privilege for me to work with the Tencent family. The strong knowledge and expertise of Tencent’s global teams and their willingness to maintain the independence and creative spirit of our team represent an invaluable opportunity for collaboration. We look forward to working together on the Nightingale Early Access launch later this year.“, commented Aryan Flynn, who has over 100 employees in his studio.

Note that Improbable is still looking for a buyer for its other development studio, Midwinter Entertainment. Based in Seattle and founded by Josh Holmes, the former producer and creative director of the Halo franchise, the studio launched early access to its TPS Scavengers on Steam last spring, but it’s far from garnering a free-to-play crowd.

Already the owner of Riot Games, Supercell, Funcom, Sumo Digital, Clay, Splash Damage, Digital Extremes, Grinding Gear Games, Sharkmob, Yeager, Soleil, Turtle Rock Studios and now Inflexion Games, Tencent is also present in the Epic Games capital. . (40%), Fatshark (36%), Larian Studio (30%), Dontnode (22%), Blobber Team (22%), Marvelous (20%), Crafton (16%), Frontier (9%), Paradox Interactive (8%), Ubisoft (5%), PlatinumGames (not transmitted), Remedy (not transmitted), Bad Robot Games (not transmitted), 10 Chambers (not transmitted), Bohemia Interactive (not transmitted), Platonic Games (not transmitted) Communicate) or Voodoo (Not Communicate) just to name the key. This is in addition to its own studios, including TiMi Studios (Honor of Kings, Call of Duty Mobile, Pokémon Unite), Lightspeed and Quantum Studios (PUBG Mobile, Apex Legends Mobile) and Team Kaiju.