Nordisk Video games has lately accomplished the acquisition of Supermassive Video games which marks their first funding within the UK in addition to an general ninth addition to the corporate’s portfolio. Nordisk Video games beforehand already acquired a 30.7% stake of Supermassive in 2021.
Nordisk Video games workforce holds a number of investments in varied European online game corporations. Amongst others, Nordisk now absolutely owns Avalanche Studios, the developer of Simply Trigger and Mad Max video games. Moreover, Nordisk Video games additionally has partial possession of Uncooked Fury, the writer of Name of the Sea, in addition to MercurySteam, the creating studio behind Metroid: Samus Returns.
Pete Samuels, the CEO of Supermassive Video games, knowledgeable that it has been a bit over a yr since Nordisk Video games made an preliminary funding in Supermassive Video games and their imaginative and prescient for the longer term, and through that point, they’ve discovered that they share quite a lot of essential values with Mikkel and his workforce. He believed these values to be equally essential to their present business companions who they might proceed to assist.
He continued by saying that having had such a constructive expertise over the previous yr, it wasn’t a troublesome resolution when Nordisk Video games needed to discover growing their funding.
Samuels additionally added that the corporate had an thrilling and impressive development technique for Supermassive Video games and Nordisk Video games possession solely enhanced that.
Pete Samuels concluded his assertion by saying that he was massively excited the place the partnership and the experience of Nordisk Video games would take them.
Mikkel Weider, the CEO of Nordisk Video games, stated that throughout the yr that the corporate labored alongside Supermassive workforce, it’s been clear to him simply how a lot expertise was current, in addition to how a lot potential there was to additional develop the sorts of story and narrative-driven video games they excel at.
Weider concluded by saying that in buying 100% of the studio the corporate will have the ability to improve its assist to the workforce, and most significantly, proceed the good working relationship it has with them.