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Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios

The game industry's contraction is unrelenting.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Tencent has shut down its TiMi Montreal studio without …

Game File Stephen Totilo

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  • @pigeongogaming @pigeongogaming on x
    🚨 RUMOR: Did Tencent just KILL another studio? A programmer from TiMi Montreal posted on linkedIn that the studio has been closed. - The studio has headed up by Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail. - TiMi Montreal was working on an open-world title. Tencent has [imag…
  • @pirat_nation @pirat_nation on x
    Tencent shut down TiMi Montreal Opened in 2021, no games released in 5 years. Staff: “We had been aware this was coming... but it doesn't make the reality any easier.” [image]
  • @kotaku @kotaku on x
    Tencent Studio Closes In 5 Years Without Releasing A Single Game https://kotaku.com/... https://kotaku.com/...
  • @stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x
    Another Tencent story I was chasing: TiMi Montreal, founded in 2021 with hopes to make a AAA open-world game, has closed Extends a brutal stretch of shutdowns. And another instance of Chinese game giants pulling back from their western studio start-ups https://www.gamefile.news/.…
  • @ninjago9101 @ninjago9101 on x
    🚨 BREAKING Tencent has shut down its TiMi Montreal studio TiMi Montreal was announced in July 2021, with a mission “to create AAA open world multi-platform games.” [image]
  • @pirat_nation @pirat_nation on x
    NetEase Shuts Down TiMi Montreal (Pokemon Unite, CoD Mobile) “We had been aware this was coming, [but] it doesn't make the reality any easier.” [image]
  • @stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on bluesky
    Another Tencent story I'd been chasing: TiMi Montreal, founded in 2021 with ambitions to make a AAA open-world game, has closed  —  Continuing a brutal stretch of shutdowns.  And another instance of Chinese game giants pulling back from their western studio start-ups  —  www.game…
  • r/PokemonUnite r on reddit
    Anti-Doompost: TiMi Montreal, which did not work on Unite, shutting down