Is Tencent Involved with publishing Cities: Skylines II as they were with Cities: Skylines I

[Safe Da Erf]

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/media/press-releases/press-release/paradox-interactive-partners-with-tencent-to-publish-cities-skylines-and-stellaris-on-chinese-language-platform

The only answer I'm really looking for is a Yes or a No and maybe a link to verify.

[Tizferatu]

Chances are you can pick any major game randomly and the answer is "yes" if your definition of "involved" is "owns part of a company involved". Easier to point out companies they don't have a stake in.

In this specific case, as far as I can tell Tencent hasn't sold its 9.12% stake in Paradox, so they're involved in so much as they own 9.21% of Paradox.

*Edit*
It's up to 10.14% ownership now.

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/investors/ownership-structure

[kilésengati]

Tencent has become the BlackRock of gaming. They are everywhere and the cancer is spreading.

[Justin]

Unsurprising. Like a rampant molester, they have their hands in everybody.

[Doom Sayer]

Originally posted by Safe Da Erf:

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/media/press-releases/press-release/paradox-interactive-partners-with-tencent-to-publish-cities-skylines-and-stellaris-on-chinese-language-platform

The only answer I'm really looking for is a Yes or a No and maybe a link to verify.

And how do you think Valve releases their own games in China? It literally is a non factor only way to not deal with companies doing things you dont like is not give any companies money. Every company, government is a non human evil entity.

[Metadigital]

Originally posted by Doom Sayer:

Every company, government is a non human evil entity.

Basically this.

If you play video games, then you're almost certainly supporting something ugly unless you're only playing the very small indie games (which, honestly, tend to be the more interesting ones anyway).

[Thor]

Tencent own 9.12% Paradox Interactive so yes

[Erica Estrelina Hill]

Originally posted by Safe Da Erf:

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/media/press-releases/press-release/paradox-interactive-partners-with-tencent-to-publish-cities-skylines-and-stellaris-on-chinese-language-platform

The only answer I'm really looking for is a Yes or a No and maybe a link to verify.

i just want to tell you , Tencent , this company , Just step by step to completely new games monopoly , but now its not able to complete it , when he succeeds , there will be no peace in the game industry , never think of it as an angel investor

[Fizzban]

It is getting hard to enjoy anything without some evil corp having a finger in it. Like the BlackRock comment. They own like between a third and a half of all the brands you've ever heard of. A few groups own literally everything. Not a joke, not hyperbole. It IS that dystopian.

[lagrangewei]

Originally posted by Erica Estrelina Hill:

i just want to tell you , Tencent , this company , Just step by step to completely new games monopoly , but now its not able to complete it , when he succeeds , there will be no peace in the game industry , never think of it as an angel investor

I rather Tencent own everything than EA own everything. at least Tencent games are decent. all investors invest to make money bruh, and all company need money to make games, if you want control over it, invest in Paradox to deny those shares to "those entities" then... no one is stopping u from being an "angel investor". xD

[Rogue]

Money from Tencent or Saudi Arabia is not so ESG aka wokeness (US/UK) driven.

Unless you are into virtue signalling and other nonsense that breaks the cultural representation of the content, then I pity you but you can carry on as you do you.

EDIT: I don't agree with one company owning everything, monopoly is even more lethal than wokeness. Just don't buy the games, for example I have no Ubisoft games whatsoever.