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London, February 24th 2021, 12:00 (GMT): Payload Studios today announces that Tencent, a leading internet and technology company, has invested a minority stake in Payload. This investment will support the growth of the team and development of future titles with Payload’s signature community-driven model. The London based developer was founded in 2013 by games industry veterans Russell Clarke and Vincent Scheurer, with a focus on creative sandbox games. Their award-winning debut title, TerraTech - an open-world sandbox builder game - was self-funded, self-published and embodies the studio’s community-centric approach, reflected in consistently rising player feedback ratings which currently stand at 91% lifetime positive on Steam.