Newsbrief: Next Games, developer of the upcoming mobile game
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, has acquired Helsinki GameWorks, a studio it's already been collaborating with.
Next Games was founded by staff who previously worked at Rovio, Disney, and Supercell; the team at Helsinki GameWorks has Rovio, Remedy, Digital Chocolate and Guerrilla Games DNA, and
booted up just this September.
Next Games
secured $6 million in funding earlier this year; in July, it also announced plans to team up with movie studio Lionsgate (The Hunger Games), which also
invested in the company.
"Joining forces is a logical move, as our first games will launch very soon and the next productions are being ramped up. The veteran team and IP from Helsinki GameWorks will be a huge asset,"
said Teemu Huuhtanen, CEO of Next Games, in a statement.
