Company:Purple Lamp Studios

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Short description: Austrian video game developer
Purple Lamp Studios
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2018[1]
Headquarters,
Austria
OwnerEmbracer Group
Number of employees
43[2] (2021)
ParentTHQ Nordic
Websitewww.purplelamp.com

Purple Lamp Studios is an Austrian video game developer based in Vienna.[3] It was founded as an independent company in 2018 by employees from Sproing Interactive after Sproing filed for insolvency in 2016 and closed down in 2017. They had also acquired the rights for the Sproing brand and certain games previously made by them, and kept the games active by operating a sub-division under the name Sproing Publishing.[4]

In November 2020, the company was acquired by Embracer Group, and was placed under THQ Nordic as the parent company.[5]

History

Games developed

Title Release date Platform Publisher
The Guild 3[lower-alpha 1] 26 September 2017[lower-alpha 2] Microsoft Windows THQ Nordic
MisBits[lower-alpha 3] 5 March 2020[lower-alpha 4] Microsoft Windows 3BD GAMES LLC
Sea of Thieves[lower-alpha 5] 3 June 2020 Microsoft Windows[6] Xbox Game Studios
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated 23 June 2020 Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, Luna, Android, iOS THQ Nordic
(Console and PC)
HandyGames (Mobile)
SpongeBob SquarePants TBA Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One THQ Nordic

Properties acquired from Sproing Interactive

Title Release date Platform Publisher
Asterix & Friends 18 June 2013 Browser, iOS, Android Bandai Namco Entertainment
Panzer Tactics HD 22 May 2014 PC, IOS bitComposer Interactive
Quarantine 22 May 2017 PC Digital Bros China
KISS: Rock City 18 September 2017 iOS, Android Sproing Publishing

Notes

  1. Co-developed with GolemLabs.
  2. Early Access release; game was officially released on 14 June 2022.
  3. Co-developed with Pow Wow Entertainment.
  4. Early Access release; delisted from Steam on 14 August 2020.
  5. Co-developed with Rare.

References