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Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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I wish they had done it without Tencent.
Interesting, I didn't even know Tencent was involved, was their influence very visible?
They don't have a controlling share on Larian, but they don't own an insignificant amount of it. I wouldn't say it is noticeable. Doesn't have MTX, which I'm sure they would've loved.
Isn't Larian independent?
Edit: Official statement on shareholders (near the end of the video)
It's a situation similar to Epic. The controlling shares are in the hands of the CEO, Swen Vincke in this case. But at least Tencent only owns 30% of Larian, which is better than 49% of Epic, even if the end result is effectively no different.
Do you have a source for that?
This article corroborates the statement that Tencent owns 30% of Larian, but they do not have voting rights. Swen Vincke and his wife control the direction of the company with their combined 70%.
I realized I was actually slightly off base on the Epic share numbers, where Tencent owns slightly less than the 49% I had initially stated. This article claims the number at 40% total capital, which works out to 48.4% issued shares. However, CEO Tim Sweeny remains the majority shareholder of the company, and Epic has apparently stated that Tencent does not have any involvement with the way they run their business (at least as of when this article was written in 2019, I don't know if things are different now but I have not heard as such.)
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