Leslie Benzies’ Construct A Rocket Boy has acquired UK developer and writer PlayFusion.
No determine has been positioned on the deal, which sees the CEO and CTO of the latter – Mark Gerhard – be a part of Construct A Rocket Boy as co-CEO. He might be specializing in the studio’s pipeline of content material in addition to its consumer generated content material instruments.
“We’ve all the time admired PlayFusion’s creativity and modern strategy to transmedia leisure, and becoming a member of forces with them will ascend Construct A Rocket Boy to our subsequent degree of excellence,” Benzies stated.
“Our imaginative and prescient has all the time been to place creativity into the arms of the gamers and PlayFusion’s shared ardour for gaming will assist us create a strong providing for our neighborhood to seamlessly construct their very own triple-A high quality video games and create compelling unique on-line experiences quickly.”
Gerhard added: “It’s actually an honour and a privilege to affix forces with Leslie and the legendary workforce at Construct A Rocket Boy at such a formative time for the video video games trade. We now have immense drive for delighting our gamers and we share an thrilling imaginative and prescient for the long run. This subsequent chapter of our mixed studios will ship on that promise in addition to disrupt the trade by democratising premium recreation improvement. The core workforce at PlayFusion has been working collectively for almost twenty years and we’re excited to be on the forefront of ushering in a brand new period of gaming.”
