Decision Video games, the VR builders and writer behind Demeo, Blaston and the upcoming sports activities recreation Ultimechs, immediately revealed that 2021 has been a record-breaking yr for the corporate in each income and recreation downloads. The studio additionally introduced the acquisition of Stockholm-based indie Zenz VR, which is thought for VR zombie shooter HordeZ.
Decision Video games says 2021 was its fifth consecutive yr of profitability, one thing the corporate says has allowed it to reinvest into development in growth capabilities and personnel. Now the corporate says it employs 158 employees, with that quantity projected to surpass 200 by the top of the yr.
Over the course of 2021, Decision Video games says it’s quadrupled development in recreation revenues and tripled whole recreation downloads throughout all platforms in comparison with 2020.
The studio has additionally lately expanded to the US with its Austin, Texas-based subsidiary, Decision Video games Inc., which is headed by president and co-founder, Paul Brady.
In a press assertion, the studio says its acquisition of Zenz VR is “talent-focused,” because it doesn’t embrace Zenz VR’s current and in-development IP.
The studio says the addition of “choose members” of Zenz’s workforce have been absorbed into the corporate’s AR division. This contains Zenz founder Niklas Persson, who has a background as producer and designer on Battlefield 1942.
Decision Video games is a pioneer within the VR area, having led with titles resembling Bait! (2016) and Wonderglade (2017) on Gear VR. Extra lately the corporate has centered on multiplayer video games, with Blaston (2020) and Demeo (2021) being essentially the most profitable of the bunch. The corporate’s upcoming sports activities recreation, Ultimechs, is ready to proceed the studio’s concentrate on multiplayer video games. The futuristic Rocket League-model recreation serves up 2v2 multiplayer matches that require you to rocket-punch a ball into your opposition’s objective.