【Game-Time News】
Bloomberg reports that Tencent is creating two mobile games similar to the style of “Phantom Parlu”, developed by its Tianmei Studio and Photon Studio, as it seeks to revitalize the company’s core gaming business. At present, Tencent has not responded yet.
Currently, Photon has moved developers from existing games (including High-Powered Heroes) to projects like “Palu”, while Tianmei is recruiting Unreal Engine programmers and developers for its own “Palu”-like projects. For positions such as 3D artists, according to the job posting, the project will be “a fantasy adventure world with cute pets.”
As for the reason why there are two games developed by two different studios, people familiar with the matter revealed that this is to compete with each other to cultivate the best results. Tianmei’s “Honor of Kings” and Photon’s “Peace Elite” were both developed many years ago. The product of fierce internal competition.
In addition, people familiar with the matter also said that the development of a game with this model of “Eidolon Parlu” can be completed relatively quickly and can be profitable immediately, especially with the support of Tencent’s huge resources and promotion scope.
A Tencent spokesperson did not respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment.
