Cell and gaming group Thunderful have made a brand new acquisition within the type of recreation developer Studio Fizbin, through their subsidiary Headup.
The German-based developer, with two workplaces in Berlin and Ludwigsburg, will turn into the eleventh studio acquired by Thunderful by their subsidiary. Studio Fizbin was beforehand recognized for his or her hit indie title Say No! Extra. The studio will retain artistic freedom on their initiatives and has confirmed that work is continuous on their subsequent title, Venture Kokidon.
Co-founder and CEO of Studio Fizbin, Alexander Pieper expressed his pleasure. “We’re extremely hyped to be becoming a member of Thunderful and elevating our long-standing relationship to the following stage,” he mentioned. “Changing into a part of a much bigger organisation like this can be a actual profit to our studio by way of the assist and infrastructure Thunderful presents. Now we have their full backing to observe our artistic imaginative and prescient and this enables us to concentrate on making Venture Kokidon and our future video games one of the best we’ve ever shipped”.
A thunderous acquisition
Thunderful has made regular however vital strikes in consolidating and rising its enterprise through their subsidiaries after beforehand buying multi platform developer Early Morning Studios again in 2021. Additional strikes embrace plenty of excessive profile partnerships with different studios through one other of their subsidiaries, Robotic Teddy, their self publishing consultancy. Robotic Teddy just lately introduced on plenty of purchasers akin to GSC Sport World and Vampire Survivors creator poncle.
Chief video games officer at Thunderful, Agostino Simonnetta additionally famous the distinctive nature of the acquisition for Thunderful and Headup. “Studio Fizbin represents the primary studio the place we’ve moved from a publishing relationship to acquisition, because of our sturdy partnership with them,” he mentioned. The remark definitely suggests {that a} mutually useful relationship could be very a lot on the playing cards as Studio Fizbin proceed work on their subsequent recreation.
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