Supermassive Games, the developer of Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Quarry, has been acquired by Nordisk Games.
A Denmark-based entertainment company that is part of the larger Nordisk Film brand owns a few other game developers, including Avalanche Studios, the creator of Just Cause.
As reported by gamesindustry.bizNordisk Games won 30.7% in Supermassive last March, Blog post Now you have a complete studio..
Last year, we announced a partnership with Nordisk Games.
We are pleased to share today with the full acquisition of Supermassive Games by Nordisk Games. An exciting era in the future!
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Pete Samuels, CEO of Super Massive, said:
“We have an exciting and ambitious growth strategy for Supermassive Games, and ownership of Nordisk Games only enhances it. To the security provided by this partnership and the expertise within Nordisk Games. Continued access is very excited about where to take us next. “
This acquisition should not adversely affect the development of Supermassive games. The new Dark Pictures game, The Devil in Me, is the only game known to be under development. Nordisk also revealed that the studio wants to continue with a story-focused focus. Game style.
“In the year we worked with Pete and Joe, and the entire Super Massive team, the amount of talent and the potential for further development of the kind of stories and story-driven games they excel at. Was obvious. ” Nordisk Games CEO Mikkel Weider said. “By getting a 100% studio, you can increase your support for your team, and most importantly, to continue to have a great working relationship with your team.”
Super Massive’s recently released The Quarry – a true spiritual sequel to the 2015 hit Until Dawn – has mainly worked on Dark Pictures other than these two. However, the studio has registered trademarks for at least six entries, so more plans seem to be in place.
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