NetEase Acquires Quantic Dream
Summary
It will continue to operate independently, focusing on creating and publishing its video games on all platforms, as well as supporting and publishing third-party developed titles, while at the same time leveraging NetEase’s game development capabilities. Led by David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière, Quantic Dream creates games with a narrative focus and nonlinear stories that reward players’ choices. The studio, which develops its own proprietary technologies, is also known for the use of motion capture to bring actors’ performances to life in innovative ways. As a leading internet technology company based in China, NetEase provides premium online services centered around content creation. Beyond games, NetEase service offerings include its majority-controlled subsidiaries Youdao (NYSE: DAO), China’s leading technology-focused intelligent learning company, and Cloud Music (HKEX: 9899), China’s leading online music content community, as well as Yanxuan, NetEase’s private label consumer lifestyle brand.