Who owns grinding gear games

Posted by Ashriel on May 21, , AM. I'm one of the heroes. Yikes, this made me nervous when I read the headline. Thankfully, you answered most of the most important questions with regards to how GGG is going to operate. I have PTSD from games dying the moment a Chinese investor gets a majority stake in a gaming company. I can't help but think you guys were still tricked though Posted by sinfoniantuba11 on May 21, , AM.

Posted by leeber on May 21, , AM. Posted by hipporage on May 21, , AM. Posted by darkmatch on May 21, , AM. Great game and looking forward to 4. Incursion looks fun too, good luck to the team and to your game.

View Staff Posts Post Reply. Is this a concern? We still rely on their purchases to support the development of Path of Exile as we're financially independent from our parent company. We have always tried to provide good value for money with the purchases that we offer, while never straying into "pay to win" territory.

We hope that by continuing to provide free large updates to the game every three months and not compromising its core values, players will continue to support its development. Diablo 3 has been a big competitor for Path of Exile?

Have you heard if there will be a Diablo 4? It was when it came out, but we continued to update Path of Exile heavily after release, tripling its size since then. I haven't heard anything about other projects that they may be working on.

You will be quite wealthy now; do you see yourself staying involved in Grinding Gear Games for long or are there other things you want to do?

All of our founders are keeping their current roles and continuing to run the company. There won't be any changes to the way we operate as a result of the deal.

There has been some debate about games companies not getting the same level of government support — grants and so on — as the film industry. Does Grinding Gear Games' success indicate the local industry can succeed without such help? Other than that, we haven't received any money from the Government. If the film industry is getting grants, then I think it's only fair that the games industry is included.

Interactive gaming is a growing global market that New Zealand businesses can successfully compete in. Tencent Holdings senior vice president Steven Ma said the company was glad to have "deepen its relationship" with Grinding Gear Games.

It moved into an office in Titirangi in late Elaborating further, Grinding Gear insisted that it has lost none of its staff, and that no one at the studio has become a Tencent employee. Grinding Gear will of course have "financial reporting obligations" to Tencent, but the Chinese behemoth has assured its co-founders it has "never tried to interfere with game design or operations outside of China.