Typhoon Studios

Typhoon Studios is a Canadian video game development company based in Montreal, Canada. It was founded by former employees of Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and WB Games Montreal in January 2017. The studio was acquired by Google's Stadia in December 2019.

Typhoon Studios
Subsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJanuary 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)
FoundersAlex Hutchinson, Yassine Riahi, Reid Schneider
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Number of employees
27[1]
ParentStadia Games & Entertainment
Websitetyphoonstudios.com

History

The studio was founded in 2017 by Alex Hutchinson, Yassine Riahi and Reid Schneider.[2] On December 6, 2018, at the Game Awards 2018, the studio presented the trailer of their first project called Journey to the Savage Planet, a first-person game focused on a world of aliens full of creatures, in which the main mission of the player is to explore the planet for the displacement of the human colony. The launch date of the game, published by 505 Games, is January 28, 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[3][4]

Google, under their Stadia brand, acquired Typhoon in December 2019. Jade Raymond, head of Stadia's Games & Entertainment division, said that Typhoon has shown triple-A quality work in a short time, and will be using Typhoon to help develop additional content for the Stadia platform.[5] Journey to the Savage Planet was not part of the acquisition.[4]

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References
  1. http://typhoonstudios.com/team/
  2. Chan, Stephanie (September 5, 2018). "Far Cry 4 creative director's new Typhoon Studios is 'definitely not doing a battle royale game'". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  3. Fogel, Stefanie (December 7, 2018). "Typhoon Studios Reveals First Project 'Journey To The Savage Planet'". Variety. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  4. Takahashi, Dean (December 19, 2019). "Google buys triple-A game dev Typhoon Studio to beef up Stadia". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  5. Sinclair, Brendan (December 19, 2019). "Stadia acquires Typhoon Studios". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
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