Behaviour Interactive forms new UK studio with former AntiMatter Games staff
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Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has opened a second studio in the UK, this time in the town of Truro, Cornwall.
The initial team at Behaviour UK South is comprised of former employees from IGI Origins developer AntiMatter Games, which was closed down by its parent company EG7 this year.
AntiMatter Games' former CEO Rich Barham will serve as general manager for the new Behaviour studio. The team currently stands at 40, but there are plans to recruit more.
"Fundamentally, Truro is a beautiful place with a good standard for quality of life – that's important to Behaviour," Wayne Meazza, EVP of Behaviour's Services division, told GamesIndustry.biz.
"It was also an opportunity to help a talented studio and give security to people in the UK games industry who were in danger of losing their jobs. We had an opportunity to meet key members of the AntiMatter team through the interview process. Their culture was similar to Behaviour - an environment where people can grow and learn, with emphasis on a good work-life balance. We wanted to help preserve that."
AntiMatter Games was known for Rising Storm, a standalone expansion pack for Red Orchestra, which was followed by a sequel. The team also contributed to the development of 2K's Evolve and the Killing Floor series.
"It was an opportunity to help a talented studio and give security to people who were in danger of losing their jobs"
While Meazza is unable to give project specifics, he said that the team's experience and skill with first-person shooters is what initially attracted Behaviour to the studio.
"However, it's too early to talk about what they might be working on," he said.
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