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Chinese Publisher Buys Bigpoint

GamesBeat has word that Chinese publisher Youzu Interactive has acquired German developer Bigpoint for "up to" 80 million euros, or approximately $90 million. The article points out this is the next step in an existing relationship: "China is important to Hamburg-based Bigpoint. Last year, it partnered with Tencent to take its free-to-play online game Drakensang Online to the Chinese market. The aim of that partnership was to take the fantasy online role-playing game with 29 million players to an even larger global market." They also give some background on Youzu Interactive, saying it "was founded in by Lin Qi in 2009, and is publishes online and mobile and massively multiplayer online games in China and the U.S.. Its games include League of Angels, Knight’s Fable and Magerealm. They are played by hundreds of millions of fans."

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