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Sega Europe purchased Amplitude Studios

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Sega deepened it's strategy gaming portfolio today with the purchase of Amplitude Studios, the development team behind the Endless Series (Endless Space, Dungeon of the Endless, and Endless Legend).  Amplitude was also the company that took a creative spin on crowd sourcing their games by allowing backers to select which features they wanted to see in the final game.

This is good news for the team at Amplitude as they've created some great games and this investment should help them keep growing as a company and help with the release of Endless Space 2.

In case you forgot Sega previously purchased Relic Entertainment and Creative Assembly, the teams behind the amazing Dawn of War and War and Total War franchises respectively.  I'm not sure how much cross team synergy will be created under this deal but Sega has finally added a 4X game to their strategy portfolio which rounds things out rather well.

SEGA EUROPE ACQUIRES ENDLESS SERIES DEVELOPER, AMPLITUDE STUDIOS

Paris & London, July 5th – SEGA Europe, a subsidiary of SEGA Games, have today announced the acquisition of the award-winning French game development outfit, Amplitude Studios. The acclaimed developer of the outstanding Endless Series, a 4X strategy franchise including Endless Legend, Endless Space and Dungeon of the Endless, becomes the latest studio to join SEGA Europe’s growing family of talented developers. The acquisition further bolsters an already enviable stable of PC games that includes the likes of Total War™: WARHAMMER®, Warhammer 40,000®: Dawn of War™ III, Football Manager™, Company of Heroes™ and Motorsport Manager™.

Based in Paris, France, Amplitude Studios were formed in 2011 with a single goal: to create the best strategy games with the help of players. Using a unique development method, Amplitude Studios give their community the opportunity to contribute to the development of their games from an early stage. Using an open crowdsourced development process known as GAMES2GETHER, the studio is able to incorporate and implement player feedback and ideas into an ever evolving design document to ensure the games meet the expectations of players and garner the international acclaim they deserve.

Following the acquisition, SEGA have taken on the publishing responsibilities for the fourth game in the Endless series, the eagerly anticipated, Endless Space 2. The sequel to the award winning Endless Space is a turn-based, 4X space-strategy game that focuses on an age of space colonisation and interstellar empire building with a variety of unique civilizations from within the Endless universe. Endless Space 2 is due to go into Steam Early Access later this year, more details on that soon. Additionally, SEGA will assume publishing responsibility for the back catalogue of Endless games and any associated future content.

“To have the opportunity to add a studio with the growing reputation of Amplitude’s, to the SEGA family, is an exciting one and reinforces SEGA       Europe’s position as a market leader in publishing high quality PC games” said Jurgen Post, President/COO for SEGA Europe Ltd. “Culturally, Amplitude are a fantastic fit for the business as they not only produce great games, but also have a proven track record in listening to their fans and directly involving them in the ongoing development of their games through their GAMES2GETHER system.”

“Joining the SEGA family represents the culmination of five years of hard work from myself and Romain and everyone here at Amplitude Studios” said Mathieu Girard, Co-Founder of Amplitude Studios, “For the Endless series to be alongside PC franchises with such heritage as Total War and Dawn of War in the SEGA Europe stable puts our games where we feel they deserve to be. We look forward to leveraging SEGA Europe’s expertise in the PC market to take the Endless series to the next level.”

Amplitude Studios becomes the fourth studio to be acquired by SEGA Europe since 2005, joining Sports Interactive, Creative Assembly and Relic Entertainment. The acquisition further adds to SEGA Europe’s AAA development stable that already boasted some of the best and most iconic strategy games ever made in addition to critically acclaimed titles like Alien: Isolation.

For more information about SEGA, logo on www.sega.co.uk and for more information about Amplitude Studios, log on to www.amplitude-studios.com. 

 

 

ABOUT AMPLITUDE STUDIOS
Amplitude is an independent team of experienced video game lovers (and developers) with a single goal: Create the best strategy games with the players’ help! Based in Paris, the studio boasts an international team that has worked all over the world on major AAA titles. Since Amplitude’s creation in 2011, the studio has released Endless Space, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend, all critically acclaimed. A pioneer in its working method, while developing its first game Amplitude launched an open crowdsourced development process called "GAMES2GETHER." This platform enables the community to participate in the creation of a video game from the early stages of development. Today, this methodology enables the studio to fulfil the expectations of its players while earning international recognition for the quality of its productions. Amplitude Studios became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Games in July 2016. Read more at www.amplitude-studios.com.

About SEGA® Europe Ltd.

SEGA Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Games Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops an