Behavior Interactive, the largest Canadian video game workshop, introduced today that it has actually gotten SockMonkey Studios, an external developer based in the UK.
SockMonkey is Practices’s initial European investment and also will be relabelled Behavior UK – North upon acquisition. The studio will operate as a partner for Behaviour’s Solutions division, which provides development services to such clients as Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner, Netflix, as well as Take-Two, amongst many others.
” We’re thrilled to include SockMonkey’s prize-winning group to our industry-leading Solutions division,” specified Rémi Racine, Behaviour’s chief executive officer and also executive producer, in a statement. “Like Seattle’s Midwinter Entertainment, which we obtained last year, SockMonkey is founded upon solid core values of technology and partnership. These values mirror our very own as well as make SockMonkey a natural fit for our ambitious growth approach.”
Founded in 1992, Montreal-based Behaviour is a multi-faceted Canadian pc gaming studio distinguished for creating and sustaining genre-defying titles. Practices has appreciated immense success with its initial horror-action multiplayer game, Dead by Daytime, and will release its following significant initial IP, Meet Your Maker, on April 4 of this year.
” We’re enjoyed celebrate our tenth anniversary year by joining Behaviour’s growing team of workshops,” claimed Bob Makin, SockMonkey’s chief executive officer, in a declaration. “Behavior is rapidly emerging as a global player within the pc gaming sector, and also we are happy to represent the primary step in their European development. We look forward to leveraging their resources to expand Practices UK – North, offer more profession chances for the UK’s phenomenal talent, and also develop the Teesside location as a hotbed for game growth.”
Established in 2013 in Middlesbrough, SockMonkey’s 45 team members are focused on carbon monoxide- and full-development tasks across all platforms. The SockMonkey group has actually earned numerous awards, consisting of being recognized as one of Gamesindustry.biz’s Ideal Places to Work in 2023. As Behavior UK – North, the studio will focus exclusively on projects for Behavior’s roster of blue-chip customers.
Overall, Practices has more than 1,200 staff members.
