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0 pointsRyEgswuCsn4y ago0 comments

Quite the contrary:

> The deal still leaves Riot with a largely independent remit, however, with CEO Brandon Beck telling press that Tencent see Riot more as investment partners than as a fully-owned subsidiary.

> "Riot is going to remain completely independent. There are no redundancies, no layoffs, no synergy fishing, no leadership change," Beck told Gamasutra. "Nothing is going to change other than they're dramatically increasing their holding in the company. They see this more as an investment in a partner.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-02-07-tencent-ac...

I remember reading somewhere that Tencent has the reputation of not interfering with the game studios it had acquired.

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baud1472584y ago

Though that article is more than 10 years old, so I'd take anything written in it with a grain of salt

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0 pointsRyEgswuCsn4y ago0 comments

Quite the contrary:

> The deal still leaves Riot with a largely independent remit, however, with CEO Brandon Beck telling press that Tencent see Riot more as investment partners than as a fully-owned subsidiary.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-02-07-tencent-ac...

I remember reading somewhere that Tencent has the reputation of not interfering with the game studios it had acquired.