Detroit: Become Human and Star Wars Eclipse developer Quantic Dream has been acquired by Chinese firm NetEase for an undisclosed charge.

NetEase made the acquisition by means of its online game division, NetEase Games, and defined Quantic Dream will develop into its first studio in Europe.

The firm mentioned the deal represents an “vital step” in fulfilling its imaginative and prescient of changing into a world developer. The transfer comes as Chinese officers proceed to tighten online game laws within the area.

Quantic Dream, in the meantime, mentioned the acquisition will permit it to proceed bringing “high-quality triple-A online game experiences to gamers worldwide.”

“Today marks an vital milestone for our studio after 1 / 4 century of full independence,” mentioned Quantic Dream founder and CEO, David Cage. “NetEase Games values our artistic freedom and the drive and keenness of our uniquely various crew. We will now have the ability to speed up the imaginative and prescient we share as a bunch, of making landmark titles that contact individuals on an emotional stage.”

The studio is understood for engaged on narrative-driven tasks like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human, and is at present growing a Star Wars title that was first teased at The Game Awards 2021.

It has additionally courted controversy lately, with a number of experiences printed in French newspapers surfacing allegations of misconduct on the studio. Quantic Dream pushed again towards these allegations, efficiently successful a libel lawsuit towards Le Monde over the paper’s reporting, but additionally shedding one other that involved Mediapart’s protection of the identical occasions.

In 2021, Quantic Dream additionally shed its moniker as a solo-studio developer by opening a second studio in Montreal, Canada.

NetEase beforehand grabbed a minority stake in Quantic Dream in 2019, and extra lately started an funding and acquisition spree that has seen it sink money into studios outdated and new together with Something Wicked, Jar of Sparks, Something Random, Grasshopper Manufacture, and extra.