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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor | Crytek UK |
| Founded | 30 July 2014 |
| Headquarters | , England |
| Products | Homefront: The Revolution, Dead Island 2 |
Number of employees | 172[1] (2021) |
| Parent | Deep Silver |
| Website | dsdambuster.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[edit]
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 ceased paying 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,[2] to continue Homefront: The Revolution's development. Dambuster Studios is the third Deep Silver in-house development team, following Volition and Fishlabs.[3][4] By August 2019, Dambuster had taken over the development on Dead Island 2 from Sumo Digital,[5] and had 140 employees.[6]
Games developed[edit]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Homefront: The Revolution | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | |
| 2021 | Chorus | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Assisted Fishlabs |
| 2023 | Dead Island 2 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
References[edit]
- ^ "Embracer Group Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2020 / 2021" (PDF). Embracer Group. 25 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sarker, Samit (30 July 2014). "Deep Silver buys Homefront from Crytek, moves Homefront: The Revolution to new studio". Polygon. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Pereira, Chris (30 July 2014). "Crytek No Longer Developing Homefront, Sells Rights to Publisher Deep Silver". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development". Gematsu. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Wingefors, Lars (27 August 2019). "THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). Cision.
