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Brendan Lowry

"The Chinese player base is the holy grail": Tencent buys 15.75% stake in Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead as huge profit numbers emerge

Helldivers 2.

A new report from the Swedish outlet Dagens Industri (DI) has revealed that Tencent — a Chinese multimedia company with massive investments in the gaming industry — recently acquired a minority stake in Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios.

According to the report, the conglomerate bought 15.75% of the Stockholm-based studio's shares in July 2024 for close to $83 million, with Arrowhead in its totality valued at approximately SEK 5.1 billion ($532 million). Notably, the rest of the developer's shares are held by its founding executives.

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