{"id":78854,"date":"2019-01-29T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/335433"},"modified":"2019-01-29T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:41:00","slug":"netease-grabs-stake-in-quantic-dream-as-studio-prepares-for-multi-platform-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/netease-grabs-stake-in-quantic-dream-as-studio-prepares-for-multi-platform-future\/","title":{"rendered":"NetEase grabs stake in Quantic Dream as studio prepares for multi-platform future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NetEase has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/netease-games-acquires-minority-stake-in-quantic-dream-300785596.html\">acquired a minority stake<\/a> in <em>Heavy Rain<\/em> and <em>Detroit: Become\u00a0Human<\/em> developer Quantic Dream, which has laid out plans\u00a0for a multi-platform future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese outfit\u00a0made the undisclosed investment though its online games division NetEase Games, and said the move will help it further the development and distribution of global online games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quantic, meanwhile,\u00a0claims the deal will help support its ambition of becoming a &#8220;becoming a global\u00a0multi-franchise entertainment company&#8221;, and for\u00a0studio founder David Cage that\u00a0means leaving the world of PlayStation exclusivity behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/The company made the undisclosed investment though its online games division NetEase Games, and said the move will help it further the development and distribution of global online games.\u00a0\">In a recent interview with Variety<\/a> the designer explained Quantic now wants to be present on &#8220;all platforms&#8221; after releasing its last three games<em> Heavy Rain<\/em>,<em> Beyond:\u00a0Two Souls<\/em>, and<em> Detroit: Become Human<\/em> exclusively\u00a0on PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our objective is to be present on all platforms where there is an audience that can enjoy our experiences,\u201d he said. &#8220;We will, of course, continue developing on PlayStation, a platform that we know very well after having worked with Sony for 12 years, but we will also be present on all other relevant platforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NetEase has acquired a minority stake in Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become\u00a0Human developer Quantic Dream, which has laid out plans\u00a0for a multi-platform future.\u00a0 The Chinese outfit\u00a0made the undisclosed investment though its online games division NetEase Games, and said the move will help it further the development and distribution of global online games.\u00a0 Quantic, meanwhile,\u00a0claims the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}