Quantic Dream has been acquired by NetEase.

As announced earlier today on August 31, the Paris-based developer has officially been acquired by the Chinese gaming giant, making✤ it the company's first studio based in Europe. Quantic Dream currently has over 250 employ💝ees and is headed up by David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière.

, Cage said that the developer had received various acquisition offers over the 25 years since it was founded, but passed on all since they couldn't guarantee the studio's "editorial independence." Cage also revealed the studio had received "several offers meeting our expectations" in the "recent past."

Quantic Dream has been criticized over the past few years for 🉐an alleged toxic workplace culture, which the studio has actually sued on the grounds of libel💛, winning one court case but losing another (as reported by ). In new comments today to , de Fondaumière revealed that these allegations hadn't had an impact on the acquisition of Quantic Dream. 

Quantic Dream currently has two projects in development: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Eclipse and Under the Waves. The former is a brand new tale set in the High Republic era of the Star Wars universe, while the latter is a "澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:poetic underwater adventure," revealed just this past week at the Future Games Show. A recent report claimed Eclipse would be delayed, which 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Quantic Dream hit back at on the ൲grounds that it had never announced a release window in💟 the first place. 

For the 25th anniversary of the studio, Cage spoke to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Edge Magazine about David Bowie, controversies, and the elevation of story.