The company had previously announced opening a second office in Toronto in 2022 and then acquiring a third in Seattle in the United States with the acquisition of the Midwinter Entertainment studio.
SockMonkey Studios, renamed Behavior UK – North, will become Behavior Interactive’s 4th studio, now employing more than 1200 full-time staff across Canada, the United States and now the United Kingdom.
Overseas, 45 people will be working on the development of Behavior Interactive games, but also have mandates to co-develop titles for other big names in entertainment such as Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner and 2K. Remember that before developing its own titles, Behavior Interactif mainly helped other companies develop games.
SockMonkey is built on strong core values of innovation and collaboration [qui] reflect our and [en] make them a natural partner in our ambitious growth strategy,” says Rémi Racine, CEO and General Producer of Behavior Interactif.
Bob Makin, CEO of the British studio he co-founded in 2013, is delighted with the news and hopes to make Teesside, the northern region of England where the studio is based, a stronghold for game development.
“Behavior is fast becoming a global player in the games industry and we are proud to represent the first step in its European expansion. »
— A quote from Bob Makin
The company has worked on more than twenty video games for PC and Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation consoles over the past 10 years.
In Meet Your Maker, players can create worlds or destroy other people’s worlds.
Photo: Behavior Interactive
Behavior Interactive has the wind in its sails, with a large pool of around 50 million players worldwide for its flagship game Dead by Daylight. The studio will release its next big video game, Meet Your Maker, on April 4th.