Jokin aika sitten uutisoitiin, että Kiinalainen Tencent oli hankkinut itselleen osake-enemmistön brittiläisestä Playtonicista. Tämän ansiosta studion koko tuplaantuu, ja toiminta laajenee uusiin toimipisteisiin.
Tencentin sijoitus tekee nyt mahdolliseksi Yooka-Layleen jatko-osan tekemisen. Sekin selvisi, että Playtonicilla oli työn alla peräti kolme projektia jo ennen Tencentin sijoitusta. Asian paljasti "managing director" Gavin Prince
"If we had decided to remain doing one thing at a time, with just one team, I guess we would be announcing something around about now. But as it is, we've had that one team divided into three. I could show off three different projects right now. It's natural that when you have one team split into thirds, it's going to take three-times as long before we're ready to show anything."