Dambuster Studios

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.

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Ltd.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorCrytek UK
Founded30 July 2014 (2014-07-30)
Headquarters
Nottingham
,
England
ProductsHomefront: The Revolution, Dead Island 2
Number of employees
172[1] (2021)
ParentDeep Silver
Websitedsdambuster.com

History
Further information: Free Radical Design

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 was unable to pay 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
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
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. Sarker, Samit (30 July 2014). "Deep Silver buys Homefront from Crytek, moves Homefront: The Revolution to new studio". Polygon. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. Pereira, Chris (30 July 2014). "Crytek No Longer Developing Homefront, Sells Rights to Publisher Deep Silver". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  5. "Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development". Gematsu. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. Wingefors, Lars (27 August 2019). "THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). Cision.
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