In July 2020, Bloomberg News reported that both Sony and Tencent were interested in bidding for Leyou, the parent company of Digital Extremes, developer and publisher of Warframe, and Athlon Games which hold publishing rights to SNK's games worldwide outside Japan and Asia.[149][150] On 24 August it was reported that Tencent was close to signing a deal to acquire Leyou Technologies and take the company private.[151] The Tencent deal was confirmed by the Leyou shareholders by 11 December, which will fully acquire the firm by 23 December 2020 as part of a US$1.5 billion deal.[152]