Team17 signs publishing deal for Tencent game 'Crown Trick'

Video games developer Team17 has signed a publishing agreement with Tencent Games' NExT Studios for its “roguelike adventure” Crown Trick, it announced on Thursday, launching on the PC and Nintendo Switch platforms later in the year.

The AIM-traded firm said that, following the launch of My Time at Portia and Neon Abyss, both of which were developed in China, Team17 said the new partnership with NExT Studios would see it leveraging its “unique blend” of commercial and game developer expertise to provide NExT with support to maximise the game's global appeal outside mainland China.

Crown Trick, a finalist in the Indie Prize Asia 2019 Awards, is set in a procedurally-generated maze-like dungeon, and is focussed on strategic, synchronous, turn-based gameplay where enemy decisions and actions are only revealed when players make their moves.

The game features hundreds of weapons, skills, and items to customise and evolve the combat style as the quest progresses.

“We are delighted to be building on our successful track record of attracting Chinese game developers to our games label and in Tencent Games' NExT, we have another high quality partner,” said chief executive officer Debbie Bestwick.

“Our team is very excited to be working on Crown Trick and we look forward to helping to fully leverage our commercial and games developer expertise and continuing to grow the reputation of our games label in Asia.”

At 1030 BST, shares in Team17 Group were up 6.28% at 599.4p.