Transformers Online and Civilization Online in Production via Leyou
https://wccftech.com/transformers-civilization-online-leyou/
Chinese tech group Leyou (HKG:1089) has been investing heavily in the games industry. They’ve acquired Digital Extremes (Dark Sector, The Darkness II, Warframe) in 2014 and Splash Damage (Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Brink, Dirty Bomb) in 2016. A few months ago, they purchased 20% shares of Texas-based Certain Affinity (known for co-developing titles in the Halo, Call of Duty, Left 4 Dead and DOOM series) and 51% shares of Chinese studio Guangzhou Radiance. The latter has been exclusively licensed by Take-Two to develop Civilization Online (a massively multiplayer online game), while the former team is using Hasbro’s license (which Leyou had acquired) to make Transformers Online, presumably also an MMO game.
This has been clarified in Leyou’s latest financial report (spotted by ResetEra’s Nirolak), where the company also teases “multiple unannounced new products in various development stages, which are in good progress and are expected to be launched around the end of 2018 or early 2019. They are expected to lay a solid foundation for future revenue growth of the Group for next few years”.