Team Kaiju

Team Kaiju was a North American game development studio established in 2020 to create an original AAA multiplayer first-person shooter for PC and consoles. It operated within TiMi Studio Group, part of Tencent, and was publicly unveiled under the Team Kaiju name on October 15, 2021.

The studio brought together developers with experience across major multiplayer franchises, including Halo, Destiny, Apex Legends and Battlefield. Its development presence spanned the Seattle area and Los Angeles, supporting Tencent’s expansion into high-end PC and console game production in Western markets.

Development focus

Team Kaiju’s mandate centered on a single original intellectual property: an unannounced, large-scale multiplayer shooter. Its work combined game design, systems engineering and development for both PC and console platforms. The studio functioned as an internal development team producing proprietary games for its parent organization rather than offering external production or outsourcing services.

The project remained unannounced throughout the studio’s operating life. Team Kaiju released no commercial games, and its canceled shooter represents its known development project.

Closure

TiMi confirmed Team Kaiju’s closure in December 2023, bringing development of the unannounced game to an end. The studio’s website and LinkedIn presence were also taken offline. In its public statement, TiMi said that many members of the team had moved to other projects within Tencent and TiMi, while some employees departed.