Key phrases Studios declares conditional acquisition of Smoking Gun | Pocket Gamer.biz
Video games trade 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 as we speak, 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 very skilled in motion and real-time technique video games, having developed throughout platforms together with cellular, 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 sport growth and the studio’s experience in informal and RTS growth for cellular video games mixed with its expertise in stay operations video games assist are precious extensions of our shopper 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 certainly one of North America’s video gaming hubs. We’re actually wanting 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 trade chief with an unrivalled vary of high-quality companies which can assist speed up Smoking Gun’s progress and supply alternatives to construct, ship and assist extra award-winning titles.
“We’re actually wanting 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 shopper 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 just lately its conditional $32.5 million acquisition of Forgotten Empires.
Key phrases Studios’ Peter Gerson and Dominick Kelly can be discussing stay ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki subsequent week.
