Amplified River
Leo's Fortune creator opens new studio River End Games with Amplifier Game Invest
Anders Hejdenberg heads up the new developer with Karl Broström
Split Up
Daybreak Games breaks off into three studios
Two based in San Diego and one in Austin
Brum Brum
Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio
Will focus on racing games
Starting New
Pole To Win opens new game studio - Orange Rock Studios
The time to be disruptive is now
New Location
Update: Voodoo expands 'beyond hyper-casual' with new Montreal studio
Mehdi El Moussali will lead the team
For The Kids
Red Interactive CEO steps away to launch mobile game studio Red Games
Creating family-friendly titles for mobile and VR
Not Jaded
Google Stadia launches first game studio in Montreal
Location will concentrate on making “exclusive, original content”
New Developer
Tenacious Entertainment raises $3.3 million for new competitive arena mobile game
The company's first title is set for a 2020 launch
Expansion
Ubisoft opens new mobile studio in Vietnam
Recruiting over 100 new employees
New Name
Celeste developer opening new studio called Extremely OK Games
Matt Thorson still making games, just not as Matt Makes Games
New Studio
Fate/Grand Order developer Type-Moon opens new subsidiary studio
New location is headed up by Dragon Quest Builders series director Kazuya Niinou
Telling New Tales
It looks like Telltale Games is coming back from the dead
“There is still a huge fanbase of Telltale players and that’s one of the main reasons we decided to make this investment"
New Studio
Epic Games opens new studio in Cologne
The company is currently hiring for 200 positions globally
Jaffajam
New Zealand hyper-casual start-up JaffaJam wants to shake up the sector
Studio soft-launches new title Mountain Madness built on its own BubbleGum toolset
European Expansion
Interview: Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo opens new Istanbul studio
“The move to Istanbul follows recent studio openings and that growth really demonstrates our drive to develop the sector and expand the hyper-casual market”
New Studio
NetEase opens Montreal studio
CEO says city offers “clear advantages and favourable conditions” for international games companies
Nexus Interview
Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile
"For the near future, we plan to keep joining forces with external studios that are well-versed in Unreal Engine and willing to shoot for the stars alongside us"
Osaki
Monolith Soft opens second studio in Japan
New location is a result of increased profits from the previous year
Growth
Hi-Rez Studios expands UK presence with Red Beard Games
"Our intent with Red Beard Games is to ensure it can function independently, creatively and with all the agility of a small studio"
New Studio
Former Panic Button director unveils new studio Enduring Games
“We're making good games with good people”
Expansion Plans
Mediatonic eyes recruitment drive as it expands to 200 staff and opens new Madrid studio
Gears Pop developer received funds from investment round earlier this year
New Pubg In Works
PUBG Corp opens new game development studio Striking Distance
Former Sledgehammer Games co-founder and GM Glen Schofield named as CEO
Cloudy Skies
Ex-Playdead boss Dino Patti working on cloud-based platform Coherence
"Democratising the creation of connected games is an amazing opportunity that I relish taking on'
New Studio
Sumo Leamington on how the studio looks to adapt for the mobile market
“There is no one thing that ensures success in this space – it’s quite a complex set of many things”
New Mindset
Playtika opens London studio
New office is part of the newly unveiled Games Lab focused on casual development
New Studio
Gismart opens internal hyper-casual game development studio
Studio aims to deliver 10 games within its first year of operation
Expansion
Playtika eyes rapid development with new casual games division
The Casual games Lab will be based in Tel Aviv, Israel
New Office
Dutch 3D tracking tech developer Xsens opens new office in Shanghai
"The Shanghai office will support the further growth of Xsens in China, which reflects the rapid growth of Xsens worldwide”
Office
Top Eleven developer Nordeus scores a new eight-storey office in Belgrade
Nordeus promises a people-first building with family, accessibility and ecological concerns in mind
Location
Scopely’s recent success is bringing the publisher a new Culver City headquarters
An 80 per cent annual revenue increase has pushed the publisher into opening new doors
New Studio
Former Flaregames boss Klaas Kersting sets up Phoenix Games group
"Phoenix Games moves beyond what's possible with single-game publishing deals, promoting a more long-term, strategic approach"
Big And Small
GDC 2019: Google launches new first-party studio Stadia Games and Entertainment
Headed up by former Ubisoft and EA executive Jade Raymond
Launch
Former Rovio product lead Will Luton opens new management consultancy for games
Department of Play will launch with a blow-out party at GDC next week
Mayday! Mayday!
Framed director and designer Joshua Boggs heads up new studio MayDay
Framed won over 30 awards and accolades
International
Chinese publisher East2West opens its USA branch in San Francisco
"Our current lineup, which will be announced shortly, is already impressive"
Consult
The Oliver Twins launch new consultancy firm Game Dragons
Andrew and Philip Oliver want to help developers, investors and brand holders scale up
Tonk You Very Much
Ex-Disney and Pixar animators raised $2m for new Texas mobile studio Tonk Tonk Games
Funding led by BITKRAFT esports ventures
New Clan
Supercell staffing up China game development studio
CEO Ilkka Paananen discusses his evolving vision for the company
New Studio
Sumo Digital opens mobile studio in Leamington Spa
Sega Hardlight founder Chris Southall heads up new branch
Telling New Tales
Former Telltale devs open new interactive narrative games studio AdHoc
First project likely to blend gaming with live action content; partner on project to be announced in near future
Location, Location
Israeli publisher Playtika has opened new R&D office in Bucharest
Qualitest partners with the Israeli developer to launch the new testing and QA location
Marvellous
Hearthstone director's Second Dinner snags $30m from NetEase and secures Marvel licence agreement
New studio has been working on its first game for six months
New Studio
New studio Wanderword to develop interactive audiobooks for mobile devices and smart speakers
Formed by Microsoft and Fatshark execs Peter Zetterberg and Thomas Lindgren
Jamming
Jam City wraps up Bingo Pop IP acquisition with new Toronto Studio
The Bingo Pop team will join Jam City as part of the move
New Digs
Hole.io developer Voodoo set for new office in Berlin
The French outfit is also hoping to snap up ‘dozens’ of new recruits by the end of 2019
European Expansion
Hugo Games opens new match-three studio in Berlin
Headed up by ex-King technical lead Moritz Voss
Woah
Fortnite developer Epic Games to open new Australia and New Zealand branch
GDA Australia CEO Anthony Reed will be stepping down from his role to help start it up
New Pad
Lords Mobile developer I Got Games has opened a new office in Indonesia
Company celebrates opening of branch with grand ceremony and orchestral performances
Opening
Shop Heroes developer Cloudcade opens 50-person studio in Pakistan
Cloudcade hopes the new South Asia location will help the studio develop 4 games simultaneously
Company Expansion
Talking Tom developer Outfit7 to open new Barcelona studio
Team led by company's own senior director of design and animation Dani Bajc