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Devolver Digital aquires Croteam (Serious Sam, The Talos Principle)

Boleskine

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https://www.pcgamer.com/devolver-digital-acquires-serious-sam-developer-croteam/

Devolver Digital acquires Serious Sam developer Croteam

They've been working together since before Devolver Digital even existed.

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After publishing the last two Serious Sam games, a couple of HD remakes, and The Talos Principle, Devolver Digital has decided to simplify the relationship by acquiring developer Croteam—or, as Devolver put it in the announcement, getting "hitched."

"A decade ago Devolver Digital was just getting started and looking for its first project to partner on in the emerging digital distribution world," Devolver said. "Similarly, Croteam was on the search for a partner it could trust to help them bring their beloved franchise back to prominence with the upcoming Serious Sam 3. And like that, the next big Serious Sam game brought old partners back together and forged a decade of friendship and dedication

"Since then Croteam and Devolver Digital have partnered on dozens of games—from the frantic Serious Sam series to the award-winning The Talos Principle across PC, consoles, VR and mobile platforms. Croteam and Devolver Digital have been dating for so long that we decided to go ahead and just get married."

The "old partners" mention is a reference to Gathering of Developers, which got the ball rolling when it published Serious Sam: The First Encounter in 2001. Gathering of Developers was founded in 1998 by Mike Wilson, who went on to co-found Devolver Digital in 2009. Croteam also alluded to the long-standing relationship in an announcement on Twitter.



Devolver indicated that the acquisition will have little impact on the working relationship, saying that Croteam will "keep total creative freedom," while it will "keep making dumb recommendations that Croteam just ignores."

Future Croteam games include The Talos Principle 2, which is still in the works, as well as more Serious Sam, and new games from the studio and its Croteam Incubator partners.
 
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SS4 took them 9 years to make, and it ended up being a buggy mess with graphics worse than in SS3. This game screams mismanagement.

I wonder what was happening behind the scenes.
 

DalekFlay

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Good. Croteam are a good fit for what Devolver does, and can stop trying to be AAA developers who make ugly and buggy games.
 

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It definitely feels like Croteam is almost shackled by Serious Sam, given how - let's be kind and say 'mixed' the initial release Serious Sam 4 turned out to be.

Devolver hasn't really done anything too bad far as know, and they've been partnered numerous times in the past so it seems like a good mix. So long as we don't get any more of those indie spinoff games.
 

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