IT House News on August 29, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced today that it has reached a final agreement to acquire Savage Game Studios, a mobile game development studio with offices in Helsinki and Berlin.
According to reports, Savage Game Studios is led by senior co-founders Michail Katkoff (Rovio, Zynga, Fun Plus, Supercell), Nadjim Adjir (Wargaming, Rovio, Gree) and Michael McManus (Wargaming, Insomniac, Kabam), who have dozens of Years of experience in mobile game development and operation. Additionally, their team is already working on a new yet-to-be-announced AAA mobile live service action game. "PlayStation Studios must continue to expand and diversify our products beyond console platforms to bring new games to more people than ever before," said Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios at
. "The acquisition of Savage Game Studios by
has the talented team to achieve this goal." Another strategic step. I'm very excited about what Savage is doing and I'm confident they will deliver a high-quality experience. Our expansion into mobile, like our expansion into PC and online service games, strengthens our capabilities and our community and complements PlayStation Studios' goal of creating the best games possible.
IT House has learned that Savage Game Studios will join the newly established PlayStation Studios mobile department, which is a department independent of console development.
The PlayStation Studios Mobile team is focused on creating new experiences for players through innovative games based on new and existing PlayStation IP and meeting PlayStation Studios high quality standards. SIE's efforts to reach players no matter where they play - mobile, PC or live services - will continue to complement its existing expertise in creating unparalleled single-player, narrative-driven AAA console games. Day-to-day operations of
following the acquisition will continue to be handled by Savage Game Studios’ current management team. Due to contractual commitments, the terms of the transaction, including acquisition costs, were not disclosed.
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