? Acquisition
Sweden-based indie games publisher Thunderful Group AB Through its subsidiary Thunderful Development AB has acquired Swedish multiplatform game developer and service provider Station Interactive AB for an undisclosed sum
As a result of the deal, Thunderful acquires all assets and IPs of the studio and welcomes all the Station Interactive’s team on board
? Products
Station Interactive AB is a multiplatform game developer, mostly known for its outsourcing projects, including:
LittleBigPlanet — a series of puzzle-platformers with several DLCs, available in PlayStation Store
Run, Sackboy! Run! — a mobile runner, based on the LittleBigPlanet universe
Snipers VS Thieves — mobile action game
However, the studio also works on its own titles. Launched in April 2018, mobile FPS game Sniper Extinction is the only released in-house project of the studio:
The game has been downloaded about 143k times, with 94k downloads coming from Google Play and 49k from AppStore
The peak of the downloads was on January 2019, reaching 23k downloads. After that, the numbers declined dramatically and stabilized at the point of about 3k per month, which remains so to this day
Currently, Station Interactive is working on its second in-house project called Righteous, which is going to feature a young woman’s journey through the horrors of WWII
? Thunderful Group’s Previous Deals
In October 2020, Thunderful Group acquired Sunderland-based game developer and publisher Coatsink for up to $84.8m including earn-out
In February 2020, Thunderful Group acquired Skövde-based game developer Guru Games for an undisclosed sum
In July 2018, Thunderful Group acquired Hitchin-based game developer and publisher Rising Star Games for an undisclosed sum
SOURCES: THUNDERFULGROUP, GAMESINDUSTRY
