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The developer of Fractured Space will be integrated into the company World of Tanks to work on a new free MMO
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Wargaming expanded its presence in the United Kingdom with the acquisition of the Guildford-based Edge developer.
The purchase follows a few months after Wargaming UK has opened its own office in Guildford. The 32 members of the Edge Case team will be transferred to this office, which will bring more than 55 people together and work together on a non-advertised MMO.
Talk to GamesIndustry.bizSean Decker, Product Manager at Wargaming UK, said: "We are extremely excited to be working with Edge Case Games, Wargaming and Edge Case Games have been looking for a way to partner for years, and have a great deal of experience for future projects. of Wargaming new games – they have built and run vehicle-based MMOs, based on the Unreal technology stack. "
The title to which Decker refers is Fractured Space, released in the 2016 science fiction multiplayer. Last month, Edge Case announced that the development of the game had been interrupted, but that it would remain alive for the foreseeable future. At the time, the studio had said it was exploring the development of new games to "cement [our] future ", but it was likely in preparation for this takeover.
Although Decker is not able to provide details on the project on which Wargaming UK, newly developed, will work, Wargaming's portfolio of securities, such as World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Warplanes, suggests that it will not be very different from previous versions.
Decker also said that Wargaming UK "is not currently looking for any other acquisitions," but plans to further develop the Guildford office through recruiting.
"We plan to bring the team over the next year to the size needed to build and manage a world-clbad F2P MMO, while continuing to work with other Wargaming teams, such as: as our Sydney studio, "he said.
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