United Kingdom, Dec. 2 -- Tencent Games has acquired a majority stake in Kuro Games.

As reported by Youxi Putao, the gaming juggernaut bought roughly 37 per cent of shares in the 'Wuthering Heights' developer from Hero Entertainment, taking Tencent's total amount of shares in the Chinese studio up to 51.4 per cent and giving the company a controlling stake in Kuro.

This purchase means Tencent - which began investing into Kuro last year - is now the only external shareholder of the developer.

According to an internal memo at Kuro, the studio will continue to working independently, and "operational strategy will remain unchanged" even though Tencent now owns more shares in the developer than the firm itself.

The memo reads: "Based on ou...