Company:Room 8 Studio
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Short description: Video game art studio
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Services | Game art services and development |
Number of employees | 700+ around the world |
| Divisions | Art Division, Games Division |
| Website | room8studio |
Room 8 Studio is a 360-degree art studio that supports the world’s largest developers of games and game-based solutions by producing everything from look development to final in-game integration for PC, console, and mobile.
With 640+ artists on staff, locations on 3 continents, and more than a decade of experience in the gaming industry, Room 8 Studio is one of the leading creative powerhouses in Europe.
Room 8 Studio is part of Room 8 Group, a parent company that specializes in external game development services.
Company history
2011
- Room 8 Studio was founded as a product company in Kyiv, Ukraine
2013
- Delivered first own titles
- Cyto's Puzzle Adventure – studio’s first own game published by Chillingo and featured in Best New Games on the App Store in 68 countries
- Cyto selected by Starbucks and Apple for worldwide in-store promotion
- Shifted to co-development
2014
- First co-development titles delivered with DeNA and G5
- Created art for Cookie Jam by Jam City, Facebook’s 2014 Game of the Year, and World of Tanks for Xbox
- Piano City published – #1 music game in 126 countries
- G5 published Mahjong Journey, which later became one of the App Store’s top 100 grossing games
2016
- Started video production
- First porting projects
- Established long-term relationships with AAA game publishers
- Started to work with licensed IPs: Family Guy, Power Rangers, Kubo, Independence Day
2018
- Room 8 Group established
- Added VFX service line
- Certified by major consoles: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
- Established partnerships with the best local and international art schools
- Dragon’s Lake Ent., a PC/Console co-development studio founded
2020
- Room 8 Studio collaborated and released 3 full mobile game products. Contributed to Call of Duty: Cold War, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Fall Guys and more.
- Dragon’s Lake Ent. Port of Indivisible for 505 Games, co-development of an unreleased AAA 3rd person shooter, co-development for a semi-open world AAA game (under NDA).
- Full projects released and more AAA titles coming
- Added Art Direction & Visual Development as a service
2021
- Contributed to Deathloop, Returnal, Age of Empires IV, Halo Infinite and more
- Opening offices worldwide
- Creative center in Canada
- Creative center in the UK
- Expansion in Japan
- Massive Black joins Art Service Line
2022
- Room 8 Studio rebranding, new website
- Puga Studios joins Art Service Line
Studio structure
Art division
- AAA game art production (Concept art, 3D characters, 3D environment, Animation and VFX, Game trailers, Art direction, Level building, In-engine integration)
- End-to-end art support
- Game trailers & UA videos
Games division
- Full game development
- Game porting
- Game co-development (Game Economy Design, Engineering, Level Design)
Selected games developed by Room 8 Studio
| Year | Title | Developer | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Purple Lamp | PC, Console |
| 2022 | Syberia | Koalabs | PC |
| 2022 | Trivial Pursuit Live 2 | Ubisoft | Console, Cloud |
| 2022 | Apex Mobile | Respawn | Mobile |
| 2022 | Spellslingers | Wizards of the Coast | Mobile |
| 2022 | CrossfireX | Remedy | Console |
| 2021 | Monopoly | Ubisoft | PC, Console |
| 2021 | Flight simulator | Meta Immersive Synthetics | PC |
| 2021 | Halo Infinite | 343 industries | PC, Console |
| 2021 | Just Dance 2022 | Ubisoft | Console, Cloud |
| 2021 | Age of Empires IV | Relic Entertainment | PC |
| 2021 | Doctor Who | Maze Theory | PC, Console, Mobile |
| 2021 | Back4blood | Turtle Rock Studios | PC, Console |
| 2021 | Far Cry 6 | Ubisoft | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2021 | New World | Amazon games | PC |
| 2021 | Deathloop | Arkane Studios Lyon | PC, Console |
| 2021 | Rise of Cultures | InnoGames | Mobile |
| 2021 | Hitman Sniper 2 | Square Enix | Mobile |
| 2021 | Returnal | Housemarque | Console |
| 2021 | Overpass | Zordix | PC |
| 2021 | Bloodlines | Hardsuit Labs | PC, Console |
| 2020 | Outgun | MyTona | Mobile |
| 2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | CD Projekt RED | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2020 | Frostpoint | InXile | VR |
| 2020 | Call of Duty Cold War | Activision/Treyarch Studio | PC, Console |
| 2020 | Runescape | Jagex | PC, Mobile |
| 2020 | Rogue Company | Hi-Rez | PC, Console, Mobile |
| 2020 | Spellbreak | Proletariat | PC, Console |
| 2020 | Wasteland 3 | InXile | PC, Console |
| 2020 | Tom Clancy's Strike Force | Owlient | Mobile |
| 2020 | Fall Guys | Mediatonic | PC, Console |
| 2020 | Orcs Must Die 3 | Robot Entertainment | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2020 | Fortnite | Epic Games | PC, Console, Mobile |
| 2020 | Crucible | Amazon games | PC |
| 2020 | Old World | Mohawk Games | PC |
| 2020 | TT2 | Kylotonn | PC, Console |
| 2020 | The Walking Dead | Skydance | PC, Console, VR |
| 2019 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Respawn Entertainment | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2019 | Overwatch 2 | Blizzard | PC, Console |
| 2019 | Control | Remedy | PC, Console |
| 2019 | NFS: Heat | Criterion Games | PC, Console |
| 2019 | FIATRC | Neopica | Console |
| 2019 | The Grand Tour Game | Amazon games | Console |
| 2018 | Mortal Kombat | Nether Realm | PC, Console, Mobile |
| 2018 | Star Trek Trailers | Scopely | PC, Mobile |
| 2018 | Trailers Assassin's Creed | Ubisoft | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2018 | The Walking Dead: Our World | Next Games | Mobile |
| 2018 | Jurassic World | Frontier Developments | PC, Console |
| 2018 | The Crew 2 | Ivory Tower | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2018 | Train Sim World | Dovetail Games | PC, Console |
| 2018 | KittyHawk | Xbox Game Studios | PC |
| 2017 | Hello Neighbor | TinyBuild Games | PC, Console, Mobile, Cloud |
| 2017 | Ark | Studio Wildcard | PC, Console, Mobile, Cloud |
| 2017 | Brawl Stars | Supercell | Mobile |
| 2017 | Gwent | CD projekt RED | PC, Console, Mobile |
| 2016 | ROM Extraction | First Contact | PC, Console |
| 2016 | Paladins | Hi-Rez Studios | PC, Console |
| 2016 | Dead By Daylight | Behaviour Interactive | PC, Console, Cloud |
| 2014 | Sims 4 | Maxis | PC, Console |
| 2014 | Hearthstone | Blizzard Entertainment | PC, Mobile |
| 2014 | Popcorn Party | DeNA | Mobile |
| 2014 | Piano City | Room 8 Studio | Mobile |
| 2014 | Escape Quest | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | Hollywood Escape | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | Horror Escape | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | Bank Escape | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | War Escape | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | Can You Escape 3 | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2014 | Scary Escape | MobiGrow | Mobile |
| 2013 | Cyto's Puzzle Adventure | Chillingo | PC, Mobile |
| 2013 | Riot Runners | Room 8 Studio | Mobile |
| 2012 | Guild Wars 2 | ArenaNet | PC |
| 2010 | Call of Duty | Treyarch | PC, Console |
Game Awards
2012 Cyto's Puzzle Adventure, Best Future Mobile Game[1]
2013 Riot Runners, "#1 Upcoming Game Of The Year" by SlideDB [2]
2013 Riot Runners, Best game in show - Audience Award at Casual Connect Kyiv 2013[3]
2014 Piano City, “One of the stand-out games of the Very Big Indie Pitch 2014” by Pocket Gamer.[4]
References
- ↑ "FlashGamm Contest - Flashgamm". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220163245/http://flashgamm.com/kyiv2012/en/contest/. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- ↑ "Best upcoming App of 2013 players choice, - Slidedb.com". http://www.slidedb.com/groups/2013-app-of-the-year-awards/features/best-upcoming-app-of-2013-players-choice. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ "Indie Prize Showcase Awards - indieprize.org". http://www.indieprize.org/games/index.html#showcase. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ↑ "Pocket Gamer Connects - The best of the rest of the Very Big Indie Pitch, - Pocketgamer.co.uk". http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/The+Very+Big+Indie+Pitch/feature.asp?c=56864. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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