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The company hopes to repay its creditors within five years
Read More »Starbreeze announces plan to repay its debts
Starbreeze turns to Stockholm District Court to request a further reconstruction period
The plan states Starbreeze will "focus on its core business of internal game development"
Read More »Skybound terminates contract with Starbreeze, cancelling Overkill’s The Walking Dead
"Overkill's The Walking Dead did not meet our standards nor is it the quality that we were promised"
Read More »Starbreeze and Acer announce new capitalisation plan for StarVR
Starbreeze and Acer have announced a new capitalisation plan for its virtual reality headset, StarVR. Under the new agreement, Acer will now contribute $5m to the joint venture and increase its interest to 66.7 per cent. Starbreeze, meanwhile, will be relieved from its remaining captial commitment of $7.5m and its …
Read More »Starbreeze appoints new head of IR and corporate communications
Starbreeze Studios has appointed Ann Charlotte Svensson as head of investor relations and corporate communications. Previously, Svensson was head of group communications at finance group Catella, and previously served as senior consultant at Hallvarsson and Halvarsson, where she was an advisor in financial communication assignments. In her new role, Svensson …
Read More »Starbreeze’s StarVR headset to enter mass production late 2017
Starbreeze is to begin mass producing its StarVR headsets later this year, the company revealed in its full year report for 2016. For now, the publisher will continue to distribute and prioritise development on the current version of the headset to its key partners, but there’s been interest from "multiple …
Read More »Starbreeze invest $8m into Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2
"We're very proud to be able to add this prominent collaboration to our publishing business,"
Read More »Psychonauts 2 to be published by Starbreeze
Starbreeze has signed a publishing deal with Double Fine for Psychonauts 2, the company announced this morning. Starbreeze will be investing $8m to bring the game to PC and console via digital distribution. Psychonauts 2 was successfully funded through crowd-funding last year on Fig, and Starbreeze says it will be …
Read More »Starbreeze Studios to acquire 90.5% of Dhruva Interactive in 8.5m deal
Dhruva, an expert in art production, will continue to operate under it's own brand.
Read More »Starbreeze buys Payday rights from 505, scraps microtransactions
Payday 2’s controversial microtransactions have been scrapped as part of a deal that sees developer Starbreeze assume complete control of the franchise. The Swedish studio has said that it has acquired the full rights to the game from 505, which itself acquired a financial stake in the developer in early …
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