The world’s largest video games firm simply invested in a tiny UK developer

In a press release circulated on Twitter, Milkytea’s founder and managing director Jonathan Holmes says “This partnership marks a turning-point in Milky Tea’s history.” The extent of Tencent’s funding within the firm has not been made public, however Holmes says “It allows us as a team to focus on making the kind of high quality games that we’ve always dreamed of making.”

Milkytea need to carry their subsequent sport, Hyperbrawl Tournament, to PC and Nintendo Switch subsequent 12 months. Currently in pre-alpha, the sport is “an arena based combat sports game” loosely primarily based on handball. The studio’s earlier sport, Coffin Dodgers, is a cartoon racer that includes a solid of aged drivers aboard mobility scooters.

Tencent’s plans for his or her funding in Milkytea are presently unknown, however it appears unlikely that they’re in it for the enchantment of Hyperbrawl Tournament, and are in all probability simply trying to widen their portfolio of video games studios.