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China’s Tencent invests in Orcs Must Die developer Robot Entertainment

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Robot Entertainment, the Texas game studio that created Orcs Must Die!, has received a minority investment from Chinese gaming and Internet giant Tencent.

The move shows that Tencent is serious about its ongoing quest to invest in Western game companies. Tencent has also recently invested in Europe’s Miniclip, Silicon Valley’s Hammer & Chisel, Epic Games, and Riot Games. The company is specializing in partnering with some of the world’s best game developers as gaming goes global.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.