Stars In Their Eyes How Playdemic's founders are following up their $1 billion Golf Clash success with new studio ForthStar
January 22, 2024 New Studio Playdemic founders raise $10m for new UK mobile studio ForthStar Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby head up the new Manchester studio following their $1 billion success with Golf Clash
November 3, 2023 New Studio Netease power up Fantastic Pixel Castle with ex-Riot and Blizzard veteran Greg Street The new studio is working on a new MMO with ex staff from World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Fortnite, Overwatch, Valorant and League of Legends
November 2, 2023 Development In Mena Artisan opens new studio in Riyadh The studio has been created in cooperation with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment
October 26, 2023 Aplha Agents Richard Garfield’s auto battler Chaos Agents enters pre-alpha testing The game was shown off on-stream ahead of the pre-alpha’s launch
October 10, 2023 Expansion Metacore opens first overseas office in Berlin as Merge Mansion hits 50m downloads The developer has expanded rapidly over the past few years thanks to the success of their breakout merge hit
October 5, 2023 Second Studio Trailmix’s new directors blaze a trail with second studio in Berlin Annelie Biernat and Christopher Parschat join as studio director and creative director respectively
August 25, 2023 Q&a Tiny Comet: "Our core belief is that play is our brain’s favourite way of learning" Emily Tierney and Anca Agapi of Tiny Comet are working on its first game, allowing young minds to learn whilst having fun
August 22, 2023 New Studio Virtuos expands with introduction of Virtuos Labs - Prague The Czech studio is dedicated to mobile, networking, user interfaces, and optimisation
August 21, 2023 New Studios Prytania Media launches two new AAA studios Dawon Entertainment and Fang and Claw join the company’s growing portfolio
August 17, 2023 New Studio NetEase launches new studio, T-Minus Zero Entertainment The studio is led by industry veteran Rich Vogel alongside a team of veterans with a huge raft of hits under their belts
July 12, 2023 Joining In Japan New studio Denkiworks aims to bring "East meets West" perspective with Project Tanuki A trio of former Q-Games designers and programmers have formed a new Kyoto-based studio
June 16, 2023 New Studio Krafton opens new deep learning-focused studio, ReLU Games The studio will be Krafton’s 11th independent developer
May 30, 2023 New Studio NetEase unveils Japanese studio PinCool Inc. The studio will be led by Dragon Quest veteran Ryutaro Ichimura
May 24, 2023 Bad Brain NetEase introduces Canada-based Bad Brain Game Studios The move represents a continued push for international expansion, but is mobile being left behind?
May 16, 2023 Graphical Goodness Virtuos Labs’ new Warsaw studio aims to create "best-in-class" graphics Peter Sikachev takes on the role of new studio’s rendering lead
April 26, 2023 New Studio NetEase to found new European studio, Anchor Point The Barcelona-based, veteran-founded new studio will form part of the NetEase Games group
April 20, 2023 Studios New eco-friendly studio TreesPlease reveals debut stealth-launched title Longleaf Valley The studio has unveiled it's first title
March 20, 2023 Big Fish In The Big Easy Big Fish Games expands with new office in New Orleans The company hopes to foster a diverse talent pipeline
March 16, 2023 Studios UK developer Creative Assembly to open new studio in Newcastle The longtime collaborator with mobile developer Feral Interactive is set to bring their new development studio North-East
March 7, 2023 A Team Of Veterans Former Riot Games execs raise $55 million in Series A for new studio Believer Investments came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bitkraft, 1Up Ventures and more
March 2, 2023 New Studio Room 8 Group unveils trailer and cinematic production studio Heroic The studio is led by Head of CG Sandy Heslop
March 2, 2023 New Studio NetEase funds Studio Flare in Tokyo Former Marvelous executive vice president Toshinori Aoki will serve as president and CEO
February 21, 2023 Scary Stories Blumhouse gets set to shock with new gaming arm The horror media specialists have appointed Zach Wood and Don Sechler as president and CFO of Blumhouse Games
February 9, 2023 New Studio Boss Alien founder unveils Hardball Games following successful seed funding The team raised $5.2 million in a round led by Griffin Gaming Group and Playdemic founders
February 8, 2023 Creating In Canada Krafton Montreal opens with reveal of The Bird That Drinks Tears adaptation The studio is being led by Patrik Méthé, with their first game being based on a series of novels
February 6, 2023 New Studio NetEase opens new Western studio Spliced Inc Spliced Inc is the latest in a wave of international studios for the company
December 8, 2022 Supersonic Studio Sega opens new California-based office to encourage creativity and facilitate streaming Office will be a space for 235 employees across Sega and Atlus
December 1, 2022 A Helping Of Hires Supercell starts up two new studios, with four ex-Riot employees on board Steve Desilets, Matt Mocarsk, Maya Kylmamaa, Kevin J Bray, Candace Thomas and Charles Lee all join Supercell
November 9, 2022 Growing Globally Gismart opens new office in Warsaw with compensated language courses offered The company’s latest European centre currently employs 40 staff members
November 4, 2022 New Studio New studio Playgig launches with $10.85m in seed funding and possible MOBA IP According to the announcement, the company will be releasing cross-platform games, starting with an initial title called “Mystic Kingdom”
November 2, 2022 New Studio Ex Niantic staff Alexia Mandeville and Bo Boghosian form new indie studio Bodeville Games Bodeville is fully self-funded and currently working on multiple narrative-driven games.
November 2, 2022 Studio Formation Wildlife Studios unveils new affiliate 8-Bit Bandits, led by industry vets The new affiliate will be led by Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! veterans Stephen Jarret and Robert Woodburn
October 26, 2022 Sega In Singapore Sega announces Singapore-based subsidiary as it seeks to expand in the Southeast Asia market Established as a "key base" for future activity
October 26, 2022 New Studios, New Logo Product Madness rebrands as it opens further two studios Canada and USA based studios expand portfolio total to seven
October 26, 2022 New Studio Wildlife Studios open new Helsinki studio Stellar Core Games with veterans from Supercell and Rovio The studio will be led by Touko Tahkokallio and Serdar Soganci
October 5, 2022 Expansion In Barcelona FunPlus expands its reach in Barcelona The new development studio is intended to strengthen the company's commitment to the city
October 5, 2022 Expansion In Australia Keywords Studios continues expansion The company is extending its reach in the Australian games market with two new additions
October 5, 2022 New Studio Sandsoft opens flagship studio in Riyadh The new studio will also be launching an internship program to shape future industry figures
September 2, 2022 New Studio Virtuos opens new studio in the San Francisco Bay area Calypte, headed up by Kirsten Kennedy, is the company’s first full-service studio in North America
August 26, 2022 New Studio Square Enix to launch new western studio Studio Onoma announced following the sale of western studios to Embracer Group
August 25, 2022 New Aaa Studio NetEase Games invests $13.2 million in Jeff Gardiner's new studio, Something Wicked Former project lead at Bethesda will use the $13.2 million from NetEase Games to develop Something Wicked's debut title Wyrdsong
August 19, 2022 New Studio Virtuos launches new studio in Kuala Lumpur to bolster Southeast Asian presence The new studio was founded by a team of veterans with over 20 years of experience in AAA game development
August 11, 2022 New Art Design Studio Aiming Inc. expands to open new Taipei Studio The co-developer behind World of Demon hopes the new location will grab the attention of local artists
July 19, 2022 A Studio In Seattle NetEase Games’ new studio Jar of Sparks hopes to build "new franchises" Founding member of Xbox Live Jerry Hook to lead the studio
June 30, 2022 Classically New Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads Marta Velasco and Justin Jones speak to PocketGamer.biz on Moon Tavern Games' desire to create nostalgic RPG experiences with modern mobile sensibilities
June 27, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 21, 2022 Coming To Pc Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, Channel37 Former Ubisoft RedLynx team working on an unannounced PC title