Dambuster Studios

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Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Ltd.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorCrytek UK
Founded30 July 2014; 7 years ago (2014-07-30)
Headquarters
Nottingham
,
England
ProductsHomefront: The Revolution
Number of employees
140 (2019)
ParentDeep Silver
Websitedsdambuster.com

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham, England. The studio was set up by Deep Silver on 30 July 2014 to take over the development of Homefront: The Revolution from Crytek UK, which was closed later that same day, transferring all of its employees to Dambuster Studios.

History[]

Further information: Free Radical Design

Dambuster Studios was founded on 30 July 2014. Its predecessor, Crytek UK (formerly known as Free Radical Design), was a subsidiary of Crytek. Crytek in 2014 suffered a financial crisis due to internal structuring, and was unable to pay wages to the staff members at the UK studio. The company at that time was working on Homefront: The Revolution, but Crytek decided to sell the franchise to Deep Silver and closed down the studio. Most of its staff members were moved to Dambuster Studios, a studio founded by Deep Silver, in accordance with British law,[1] to continue Homefront: The Revolution's development. Dambuster Studios is the third Deep Silver in-house development team, following Volition and Fishlabs.[2][3] By August 2019, Dambuster had taken over the development on Dead Island 2 from Sumo Digital,[4] and had 140 employees.[5]

Games developed[]

Year Title Platform(s) Notes
2016 Homefront: The Revolution[6] Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2021 Chorus[7] Stadia, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X Assisted Fishlabs
TBA Dead Island 2[8] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

References[]

  1. ^ Futter, Mike (30 July 2014). "Deep Silver Buys Homefront, UK Staff To Transfer To New Dambuster Studio, Crytek USA Scaled Back". Game Informer. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Sarker, Samit (30 July 2014). "Deep Silver buys Homefront from Crytek, moves Homefront: The Revolution to new studio". Polygon. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ Pereira, Chris (30 July 2014). "Crytek No Longer Developing Homefront, Sells Rights to Publisher Deep Silver". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development". Gematsu. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ Wingefors, Lars (27 August 2019). "THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). Cision.
  6. ^ "Dambuster Studios using public faces for new Homefront characters". BBC. 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Chorus : Un Space Combat Shooter annoncé sur Xbox One et Xbox Series X". Xboxygen (in French). 7 May 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ August 2019, Heather Wald 14. "Dead Island 2 has another new developer, but at least it's still happening". gamesradar. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

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