Video games business technical service supplier and Irish firm Key phrases Studios is about to amass Canada-based Smoking Gun Interactive, the studio behind Age of Empires: Fortress Siege, Freefall Racers, Microsoft Mahjong and extra.
The announcement that these corporations entered a conditional settlement was made earlier at the moment, as reported by MCV.
A barrel-load of expertise
John Johnson, Drew Dunlop and Angie Pytlewski based Smoking Gun in 2007 and, within the 15 years since, have grown the event studio right into a 68-person staff. The studio is particularly skilled in motion and real-time technique video games, having developed throughout platforms together with cell, console and PC.
Key phrases Studios, in the meantime, was based in 1998 and is hoping to make use of the acquisition to construct its presence in Canada. Johnson, Dunlop and Pytlewski are to proceed managing the studio post-acquisition.
“We’re delighted to welcome John, Drew, Angie and the extremely expert Smoking Gun staff to Key phrases. Smoking Gun has a 15-year historical past of high-quality recreation improvement and the studio’s experience in informal and RTS improvement for cell video games mixed with its expertise in reside operations video games help are worthwhile extensions of our consumer providing,” stated Key phrases Studios CEO Bertrand Bodson.
“The acquisition builds on our presence within the Vancouver space, which is a wealthy supply of expertise and one in every of North America’s video gaming hubs. We’re actually trying ahead to working with the Smoking Gun staff and supporting the studio’s persevering with progress as a part of the Group.”
Johnson, Dunlop and Pytlewski collectively commented: “We’re very excited to be becoming a member of Key phrases. Key phrases is an business chief with an unrivalled vary of high-quality companies which is able to assist speed up Smoking Gun’s progress and supply alternatives to construct, ship and help extra award-winning titles.
“We’re actually trying ahead to enjoying our half in serving to to ship on the technique of the broader Key phrases group by bringing Smoking Gun’s experience and expertise to the Group’s consumer providing.”
The most recent in Key phrases Studios’ acquisition spree, this announcement follows Key phrases’ acquisition of Waste Inventive and Depraved Witch final December and extra not too long ago its conditional $32.5 million acquisition of Forgotten Empires.
Key phrases Studios’ Peter Gerson and Dominick Kelly shall be discussing reside ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki subsequent week.
