# Tencent grows even strong after acquiring Slamfire and Turtle Rock Studios

URL: https://technosports.co.in/tencent-slamfire-turtle-rock-studios/  
Published: 2021-12-19  
Updated: 2021-12-19  
Author: Pavan Gunagi

Tencent has acquired Slamfire, the parent company of Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios, to add to its already extensive list of video game studios. According to a press release, Turtle Rock will “maintain its independent operations” in California, and the current leadership team will continue to run the studio.

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Tencent is responsible for some of the world’s most popular games. It owns the studio behind the massively popular MOBA League of Legends; the developer of the mobile hits Call of Duty: Mobile, Honor of Kings, and Pokémon Unite; and it holds a 40% share in Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite and Unreal Engine.

And just this year, the company has acquired British game studio Sumo, purchased a majority stake in Don’t Starve developer Klei Entertainment, and acquired minority stakes in Yooka-Laylee creator Playtonic, DayZ developer Bohemia Interactive, Life is Strange creator Dontnod, and Alan Wake and Control developer Remedy Entertainment.

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While it’s unclear what Turtle Rock will do next, the studio is reiterating its commitment to Back 4 Blood (which got a big update just this week). With Tencent’s purchase, Turtle Rock will be able to “do something we’ve never done as a studio before: turn a universe we created into a true long-standing AAA franchise,” according to a blog post. “We can now say with certainty that the Back 4 Blood franchise is here to stay, and we will continue to work on it for a long time.”

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[Source](https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/17/22841389/tencent-acquires-slamfire-turtle-rock-studios-back-4-blood)