Supermassive on Nordisk acquisition: “We’re still independent but with more muscle”

1 year 8 months ago

2022 continues to be the year of shock acquisitions, with Supermassive Games snapped up by Nordisk just last month.

The UK developer already sold a 30% minority ownership stake to Nordisk Games in 2021, and has been working closely with the company for a couple of years. But given the success Supermassive has seen with ongoing horror series The Dark Pictures Anthology and most recent hit The Quarry, why would the studio give up its independence?

“I still consider us to be independent,” managing director Pete Samuels tells GamesIndustry.biz. “It depends how you define 'independent'.

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James Batchelor