Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive opens Cornwall studio
Behaviour Interactive, the developer behind Dead By Daylight, has opened a UK studio in Truro, Cornwall.
The studio is known as Behaviour UK — South and comprises the majority of staff from AntiMatter Games, a local developer whose parent company announced its intention to close.
This marks the second UK studio for Behaviour, following the acquisition of SockMonkey Studios in Middlesbrough earlier this year, which was subsequently renamed Behaviour UK — North.
«We want to support the UK industry,» Wayne Meazza, executive vice president of Behaviour's Services division told Eurogamer.
«We've been here since February now. We want to grow here and help this rich history that we have in the UK. I would consider it one of the founding countries of the video games industry. Now, we're all grown up and we're a real bonafide industry. It makes sense that we work with other countries, and other great talented people from wherever they are in the world.
»The UK is a really awesome development hub," he continued. «We've got an incredibly talented ecosystem in Montreal and Toronto, and we have a satellite office in Seattle. Why not expand into other territories that also have these really great ambitions and awesome talent? That's what attracted us to the UK.»
Meazza's comments are in stark contrast to Microsoft's claim the UK is bad for investment in video game development following the decision from the CMA to block its Activision Blizzard merger.
As for what this new Behaviour studio will be working on, Meazza is unable to say. But the team will work alongside staff in other locations with people as the company's «first and foremost priority».
Antimatter's experience on past projects was also attractive, having worked on a
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