Behaviour Interactive Opens New UK Studio, Rescuing 90% of Ex Antimatter Games Employees
While most gamers are familiar with Behaviour Interactive for their hit game Dead by Daylight (now featuring Nicholas Cage himself as one of the playable characters), the 30-year-old studio, the largest based in Canada, has a long history in the work-for-hire side of the gaming industry.
The studio has been on an expansion streak that continues today with the announcement of a new opening in the south of the United Kingdom. Based in Truro, Cornwall, the new Behaviour UK - South studio is largely composed of former developers of Antimatter Games. The studio, primarily known for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, was working on the tactical first-person stealth game IGI Origins and the Cold War military shooter '83. However, parent company Enad Global 7 abruptly closed Antimatter down in late May.
Luckily, most of the team has already found employment at Behaviour UK - South, where they will work on external development. We spoke about that and a lot more with Wayne Meazza, Executive Vice President of Behaviour's Services division.
Wayne, can you present yourself to our readers?
I'm the executive vice president of Behaviour. I'm responsible for our service business. We have two lines of business; one is called Behaviour Digital, and mine is called Behaviour Studio. this expansion we're talking about today is for my studio.
You deal with external development, right?
Yes. Basically, we make games for others, whether that's investment partners or publishers or other developers. And just to frame that in a little bit more, we make PC/console/mobile games for development and also co-development.
Can you discuss this specific opportunity that came about with Antimatter?
Yeah, absolutely. As soon as we heard the news that Antimatter was
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