Sony acquires Savage Game Studios for new mobile division

Sony announced today its acquisition of Savage Game Studios as part of its new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division.

This new division will work independently from Sony’s console division and will concentrate on “innovative, on-the-go experiences based on new and existing PlayStation IP,” said Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios.

“Today, we announced that we have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Savage Game Studios, a hugely talented team of creatives with many years of experience making some of the most popular mobile games enjoyed by players around the world,” wrote Hulst. “They were founded a few years ago with the goal of fearlessly exploring bold new ideas. We share their tireless ambition to innovate, along with a continued drive to expand our audience and bring PlayStation to more people than ever before, making them a perfect fit to join PlayStation Studios.”

The two-year-old studio is already “working on a new unannounced AAA mobile live service action game.”

Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios CEO and co-founder, shared the following statement:

Thanks, Hermen, and hello everyone in the PlayStation community! 

Established in 2020 and led by myself and fellow Co-founders Nadjim Adjir and Michael McManus, Savage Game Studios was born of our many years of mobile game development experience spanning a number of massively successful global IP. Our guiding vision was a creative space where experimentation and taking risks weren’t warily avoided, but rather eagerly embraced. We’ve all worked at big studios and while we respect the advantages of ample resources, we wanted to stay small and nimble so we could call our own shots.

“So why then,” you may be thinking to yourself, “would you join PlayStation Studios?” We made this deal because we believe that PlayStation Studios’ leadership respects our vision for how we can best operate and succeed, and because they too are not afraid to take chances. All of that, plus the ability to potentially tap into PlayStation’s amazing catalog of IP and the fact that we will benefit from the kind of support that only they can provide… The harder question to answer would be “why not?”

On behalf of everybody at Savage Game Studios, thank you for having us. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on!

Michail Katkoff, CEO and Co-founder of Savage Game Studios

[Source]: PlayStation.Blog: Welcoming Savage Game Studios + Expanding Our Community – [Archive]. Le damos la bienvenida a Savage Game Studios y expandimos nuestra comunidad – [Archive].