nDreams, the VR studio and writer behind titles comparable to Fracked (2021) and Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), right this moment introduced it’s acquired long-time accomplice studio Close to Gentle.
This marks the primary such studio acquisition by nDreams, which follows a $35 million funding spherical secured again in March 2022.
Particulars of the acquisition are nonetheless skinny on the bottom, nevertheless nDreams says bringing the Brighton, UK-based Close to Gentle nearer into the fold will enable them to work on but extra “medium-defining video games.”
Along with working three of its personal first-party studios, through the years nDreams has printed quite a few third-party VR titles, together with Little Cities (2022) from Purple Yonder, in addition to the Brighton-based Close to Gentle’s VR titles Shooty Fruity (2018) and Excellent (2016).
Based in 2016 with the launch of digital journey expertise Excellent, Close to Gentle is headed by business veterans Paul Mottram and Ben Hebb, identified for his or her earlier work at Large Video games, Kuju Brighton, and Zoë Mode.
“To be making our debut acquisition is one more extremely thrilling milestone for nDreams,” added nDreams CEO, Patrick O’Luanaigh. “For different improvement studios with whom we’re equally aligned on imaginative and prescient and technique, there’s definitely potential for extra acquisitions in our future.”
“We’re actually proud to be becoming a member of with nDreams and shaping the way forward for VR and AR video games collectively, a brand new frontier with the chance to do issues no person has carried out earlier than,” stated Close to Gentle co-founder Paul Mottram. “Close to Gentle could be very a lot aligned with the philosophy of Patrick and nDreams when it comes to how we need to make video games and construct groups. It seems like the best match for us.”
Close to Gentle is presently creating an unannounced VR title, slated to be printed by nDreams.