Chen Xinghan, YYDS!
This morning, the "Wind Traveler", "Sky Light Encounter" development team Thatgame Company officially announced that it has received a $160 million investment. The money came from investment group TPG and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
According to the statement of the team TGC at the beginning, this fund will be mainly used for the follow-up update of "Sky Light Encounter", the development and production of new IP games, and the expansion of the number of employees in the team, etc., aiming to rapidly develop the size of the team and create more high-quality game content for players.
On the other hand, along with the investment is the current president of Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, one of the founders of Pixar, Ed Catmull will also join the company as the chief consultant for the new creative culture and strategic development of the TGC team.
In this regard, Chen Xinghan, the main creator of "Wind Traveler", "Flower", "Sky Light Encounter", the core producer of the Thatgamecompany team, and the "father of Zen games" by players, also said that the company received this investment, on the one hand, it will continue to optimize the operation of "Sky Light Encounter", and also hopes to create a brand new game that can attract players of all ages, identities and backgrounds.
In addition, Chen Xinghan also said that the animation film industry has ushered in an era and work that can attract audiences of all ages, identities and backgrounds with "Snow White" and "Toy Story", so the addition of Ed Catmull has allowed TGC to create games with the same concept, and TGC will also strive to achieve this goal in the game industry.
It has been 3 years since the official release of Chen Xinghan and his team's last game "Sky Light Encounter", and as a game team focusing on art and Zen, "Wind Journey Man" and "Sky Light Encounter" have been welcomed by players as soon as they were launched.
Finally, according to the community team and Reddy, Ed Catmull is most likely to join to help the animation of "Wind Traveler" or "Sky Light Encounter", as the co-founder of the industry's top animation company Pixar and Disney Animation, Ed Catmull is the godfather of animation in the world with its unparalleled animation technology and artistic rendering, so we have reason to expect an animated film that will make all players and fans revel, from the Chen Xinghan style.
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