The two companies will work in tandem to enrich Wargaming’s portfolio with new gaming experiences
Splash Damage, the British studio behind several blockbuster multiplayer hits, today announced their partnership with Wargaming, a leading free-to-play developer and publisher. The London-based team will apply their vast multiplayer expertise to work on new projects for Wargaming’s player community. With the deal sealed, Splash Damage are actively hiring at their London studio. Career opportunities can be found here: http://www.splashdamage.com/careers
Splash Damage is known for building loyal relationships with the world’s leading platforms, IPs and suppliers, and creating one-of-a-kind teamplay hits," said Paul Wedgwood, CEO of Splash Damage. "As gamers, Victor and I share the same passion for our communities. We actively listen to players and strive to put their needs first, whilst forging multiplayer experiences that champion cooperation and help develop new friendships. The Wargaming universe gives our team a great creative canvas, allowing us to develop a game experience for a massive, loyal following, and we’re extremely excited to get started.
What impresses me most about Splash Damage is their passion for every project they take on,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. “They’re working incredibly hard to create truly memorable games, won’t stop until everything runs like clockwork, and share in our values of player-focused game design, which makes them just the right partner for Wargaming.
Splash Damage began its journey in game development as a mod team in the PC first-person shooter genre before creating their breakthrough hit Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. After being called upon to create multiplayer maps for Doom 3, the team used that game’s technology and design tools as building blocks for the acclaimed Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and its first multi-platform title, Brink, which further established Splash Damage as a triple-A game developer. Since then, they have worked on Batman: Arkham Origins multiplayer and the Gears of War franchises, along with their own creations like Dirty Bomb—the hit, independent free-to-play shooter on Steam.
About Splash Damage Ltd
Splash Damage is dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do the competitive spirit. Having risen from the competitive community in 2001, we're driven to putting players first in worlds they love. The iconic universes of Gears of War, Batman, Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein have all had the Splash Damage treatment, along with our own creations like Dirty Bomb - the number one independent free-to-play shooter on Steam. Several unannounced projects inside our London studio are also set to capture the attention of gamers worldwide. Earlier in the year Splash Damage celebrated a transaction worth $150M when they sold their shares to Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd. Uniquely the deal stipulates that the existing management team would retain operational control.
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