UK Studio had a long running and wildly successful ‘live’ MMO but wanted to uplift the studios creative capability and ability to develop new IP

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Actions

• Full evaluation of creative groups

• Identified critical defects and quality issues

• Restructured art, audio and design orgs

• Hired new creative leadership across art and design

• Built new teams from scratch

• Set studio quality benchmark

• Established best practices in game development

• Set hiring strategy for creatives 

• Set up L&D programmes

• Mentor/ Coach creative leadership

• Consult for 3rd party publishing with creative diligence

 

Result:

• Higher quality creative across game and publishing teams

• Stronger development processes lead to higher player satisfaction

• New IP in development in UE5

• Creative leadership in each team

• Internal promotions into key positions 

• Mobile MMO successfully launched

• Regular internal conference (2 day training programme for 500+ staff)

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Central European studio wanted to break away from their highly successful sports management genre and produce AAA 3D games on mobile across multiple genres. 

 

Actions:

• Full evaluation of creative groups

• Complete transformation was required

• Set a 3 year vision and strategy for art and audio

• Restructured art and audio org

• Hired in freelance and support teams to steady ship

• Set studio quality benchmark

• Established best practices in game development

• Set and actioned hiring strategy for creatives 

• Set up L&D programmes

• Mentor/ Coach game development teams

• Kick-started region gaming ecosystem for talent and network

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Result:

• Creative teams capable of delivering higher quality

• Experienced world class talent hired into key positions

• Team delivered two new products to market

• Creative services team win awards for marketing campaigns

• Studio invited to showcase creative at Unity keynotes

• Universities collaborate and change curriculums 

• Region recognised as upcoming digital hub

 

This much improved studio subsequently went through an M&A for £312 million.

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UK Studio had a hit title but wanted to expand their track record by building teams and IP both nationally and internationally capable delivering an unprecedented AAA standard on mobile. ​

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Actions:

• Full evaluation of creative groups

• Complete transformation was required 

• Restructured art and audio org

• Hired new creative leadership across art and audio

• Built new teams from scratch

• Set studio quality benchmark

• Established best practices in game development

• Built an internal creative services team capable of AAA quality

• Built central art support team

• Mentor/ Coach creative leadership

• Chair regular team leadership gatherings 

 

Result:

• Delivery of multiple new IP to AAA quality

• Studio becomes known for innovative AAA visuals on mobile

• Successor title tops the charts and outperforms previous release

• Games win technical achievement and art awards

• Studio has AAA internal audio capability

• Creative culture improves collaboration and communication

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This studio was purchased for it’s mobile game quality and IP for £435 million

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