Housemarque

He worked as game director on projects such as Returnal and Nex Machina

The studio's new office will be "one of the largest and most advanced gaming headquarters in the Nordics"

Returnal's title also won Big Screen Game of the Year 2021

"Housemarque is a highly-accomplished studio and we couldn't be more thrilled to officially welcome them to the PlayStation Studios family"

Critics praise Housemarque's roguelike shooter for fast-paced combat and unforgiving, gorgeous world, but say it misses the mark on some key aspects

Stormdivers, other upcoming titles paused for unannounced project now three years in development

Studio may believe that "arcade is dead," but reassures that rumors of its own death have been greatly exaggerated

Mikael Haveri and Henri Markus on the fan reaction to the studio's long anticipated new direction, and how Stormdivers will grow beyond battle royale

The commercial disappointment of Nex Machina and Matterfall marks the end of an era for the Finnish studio - and the start of another

With the console market for digital games in apparent stasis, the Finnish studio is considering a change in direction

Veteran developer, serial entrepreneur, and Alienation art lead dies suddenly at age 42

Super Stardust dev co-founder Ilari Kuittinen says next-gen could see "the end of" smaller console titles if things don't change