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The Stanley Parable and Gone Home Devs are Making a Game Together

The Stanley Parable and Gone Home Devs are Making a Game Together

The creators of The Stanley Parable and Gone Home have founded a new studio - Ivy Road. The soundtrack for their first project will be created by the composer of music for Minecraft.

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Ignacy Ziarkiewicz

July 30, 2021

The Stanley Parable and Gone Home Devs are Making a Game Together
Rockstar Games Co-founder and GTA Creator Establishes New Studio

Rockstar Games Co-founder and GTA Creator Establishes New Studio

A year after leaving Rockstar Games, GTA series co-creator Dan Houser is founding a new company, Absurd Ventures in Games.

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Paul Musiolik

July 3, 2021

Rockstar Games Co-founder and GTA Creator Establishes New Studio
Former BioWare CEO Casey Hudson Establishes a New Studio

Former BioWare CEO Casey Hudson Establishes a New Studio

Casey Hudson, former CEO of BioWare, announced on Twitter the establishmet of his new studio, Humanoid. The company will be working on an original IP.

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Michal Ciezadlik

June 30, 2021

Former BioWare CEO Casey Hudson Establishes a New Studio
TimeSplitters Will Return - Deep Silver Resurrects Free Radical Design

TimeSplitters Will Return - Deep Silver Resurrects Free Radical Design

Deep Silver has announced the resurrection of Free Radical Design. Its core will be comprised of the most important people from the old team, including its original founders. Together they will prepare the next installment of the TimeSplitters series.

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Milosz Szubert

May 20, 2021

TimeSplitters Will Return - Deep Silver Resurrects Free Radical Design
Platige Image and Movie Games Will Work on Gangster Games

Platige Image and Movie Games Will Work on Gangster Games

Platige Image and Movie Games have established the Image Games company, which will develop a series of gangster-themed AA games.

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Adrian Werner

April 7, 2021

Platige Image and Movie Games Will Work on Gangster Games
Rainbow Six: Siege Devs Will Prepare a Project for Amazon Game Studios

Rainbow Six: Siege Devs Will Prepare a Project for Amazon Game Studios

The Amazon Game Studios family will expand with a fourth development studio. The new team is slowly being built in Montreal, with key members being the co-creators of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, who will be working on a new multiplayer game.

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Michael Kulakowski

March 23, 2021

Rainbow Six: Siege Devs Will Prepare a Project for Amazon Game Studios
THQ Opens New Studio; Mafia and ArmA Devs to Work on Historical RPG

THQ Opens New Studio; Mafia and ArmA Devs to Work on Historical RPG

THQ Nordic announced that it has established a new development studio in the Czech Republic. The team, consisting of veterans of the ArmA and Mafia series, will work on the project of a game combining RPG elements with strategy, as well as the Comanche combat helicopter simulator.

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Michael Kulakowski

March 23, 2021

THQ Opens New Studio; Mafia and ArmA Devs to Work on Historical RPG
Jade Raymond Establishes Studio Haven for PS5 Games

Jade Raymond Establishes Studio Haven for PS5 Games

Sony has taken care of another small studio that will be developing games with PlayStation consoles in mind. This time it's the newly formed Haven Entertainment Studios founded by Jade Raymond.

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Karol Laska

March 16, 2021

Jade Raymond Establishes Studio Haven for PS5 Games
ZeniMax Will Operate in a Separate Company Under Microsoft [UPDATED]

ZeniMax Will Operate in a Separate Company Under Microsoft [UPDATED]

Microsoft intends to create a new company - Vault. ZeniMax Media, the publisher recently purchased by the Redmond giant, will be incorporated into its structures, along with Bethesda Softworks. As it turns out, Vault will be absorbed by ZeniMax and after the merge the company will operate under Microsoft.

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Jacob Blazewicz

February 12, 2021

ZeniMax Will Operate in a Separate Company Under Microsoft [UPDATED]
Father of Dead or Alive Returns With New Studio

Father of Dead or Alive Returns With New Studio

Tomonobu Itagaki has started a new studio. The father of the Dead or Alive brand, also responsible for resurrecting the Ninja Gaiden series, is returning after a four-year hiatus and he wouldn't mind working with Microsoft again.

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Jacob Blazewicz

January 18, 2021

Father of Dead or Alive Returns With New Studio
Creator of Silent Hill is Working on New Game

Creator of Silent Hill is Working on New Game

We already know what Keiichiro Toyama is working on with his new team. The first project from the creator of Silent Hill to be released under the banner of Bokeh Game Studio is to be a horror action adventure game.

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Jacob Blazewicz

December 23, 2020

Creator of Silent Hill is Working on New Game
Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age Devs Founded a New Studio

Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age Devs Founded a New Studio

The creators, who in the past worked on well-known series such as Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed or Watch Dogs, founded a new studio - Yellow Brick Games. The team includes, among others, Mike Laidlaw, former creative director of DA.

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Bart Swiatek

November 24, 2020

Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age Devs Founded a New Studio
Blizzard Veterans Try Their Hand at Tabletop Games

Blizzard Veterans Try Their Hand at Tabletop Games

Chris Metzen, along with two other veterans of Blizzard Entertainment, founded Warchief, a company that will develop tabletop games.

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Adrian Werner

October 28, 2020

Blizzard Veterans Try Their Hand at Tabletop Games
StarCraft 2 Devs Create a New Studio and Work on an RTS

StarCraft 2 Devs Create a New Studio and Work on an RTS

Former Blizzard Entertainment employees founded Frost Giant Studios. Developers plan to create another groundbreaking real-time strategy.

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Bart Swiatek

October 21, 2020

StarCraft 2 Devs Create a New Studio and Work on an RTS

Ex-Blizzard Brass Establish New Company and Devteams

Today, the creation of Dreamhaven, a new video game company led by former Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime, was officially announced. The company has already established its first two studios, Moonshot and Secret Door.

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Milosz Szubert

September 23, 2020

Ex-Blizzard Brass Establish New Company and Devteams
CI Games' New Studio Focuses on Lords of the Fallen 2

CI Games' New Studio Focuses on Lords of the Fallen 2

CI Games has formally opened a new studio called Hexworks. Its task is to prepare Lords of the Fallen 2, i.e. a sequel of the nRPG's souls-like action RPG from 2014.

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Milosz Szubert

September 8, 2020

CI Games' New Studio Focuses on Lords of the Fallen 2

Lead Designer of Baldur's Gate and KOTOR Makes New RPG for Wizards of the Coast

Known for the tabletop versions of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast founded the developer studio Archetype Entertainment, which is working on an RPG for PC and consoles. The team is led by James Ohlen, the lead designer of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Baldur's Gate.

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Adrian Werner

February 1, 2020

Lead Designer of Baldur's Gate and KOTOR Makes New RPG for Wizards of the Coast

New BioShock Officially in Production

2K Games has officially announced that another installment of the iconic BioShock series is being developed. The press release states that Cloud Chamber, a newly established studio led by Kelley Gilmore, is responsible for the game.

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Konrad Serafinski

December 9, 2019

New BioShock Officially in Production

Main Writer of Dragon Age Sets up His Own Studio

David Gaider, the main screenwriter of the Dragon Age series and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, founded a new studio, Summerfall, in Australia. The first game of the team will be revealed next month.

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Adrian Werner

September 18, 2019

Main Writer of Dragon Age Sets up His Own Studio

Creator of Call of Duty Will Make Games For PUBG Corp

PUBG Corp. has announced the employment of Glen Schofield as head of the new studio. The creator of Dead Space and the Call of Duty series will lead the Striking Distance team in creating story-oriented productions set in the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds universe.

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Jacob Blazewicz

June 26, 2019

Creator of Call of Duty Will Make Games For PUBG Corp