Athlon Games
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Athlon Games Inc. is an American video game publisher owned by Leyou and based in Los Angeles, California. Best known for acquiring a controlling stake in the successor to Telltale Games,[1] while also publishing SNK's weapon-based fighting game Samurai Shodown outside of Japan and China in 2019.[2] The company is currently set to co-publish The Wolf Among Us 2 with Telltale.[3]
History
On May 24, 2018, it was announced by Chinese
LCG Entertainment, a company that had acquired the assets of Telltale Games, while also announcing that they'd become the future co-publisher of all upcoming Telltale titles, starting with the release of Batman: Shadows Edition in December 2019.[1][6] In December 2020, it was announced by Leyou that they'd be acquired by Tencent under their Image Frame Investment subsidiary.[7] On April 17, 2021, after several years in development, Tencent and Amazon had announced that when they had been in contract negotiations for the planned The Lord of the Rings game, a dispute had begun between the two, ultimately causing Amazon to cancel the planned title.[8]
Games
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||
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| PS4 | PS5 | Win | XONE | XSXS | ||
| 2019 | Samurai Shodown | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Batman: Shadows Edition
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Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2024 | The Wolf Among Us 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- ^ a b Campbell, Colin (August 28, 2019). "Telltale Games is being revived". Polygon.
- ^ "Samurai Shodown to be published by Athlon Games". Gematsu. March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Telltale offers update on The Wolf Among Us 2, other IPs". December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Digital Extremes' Chinese owner stealthily launches new US publisher". GamesIndustry.biz.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (July 10, 2019). "Amazon's making a new Lord of the Rings MMO". Polygon.
- ^ "The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition Announced". GAMING.
- ^ "Leyou shareholders approve Tencent takeover". GamesIndustry.biz.
- ^ Gilliam, Ryan (April 19, 2021). "Lord of the Rings MMO canceled by Amazon". Polygon.