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Starbreeze Studios is a video game development studio founded by members of the demogroup Triton, based in Stockholm, Sweden. ==History== The company was founded in 1998, under the name ''O3 Games''. In 2000, ''O3 Games'' merged with the smaller company ''Starbreeze Studios'' which was then based in Härnösand, Sweden. In November 2002, the parent company was renamed Starbreeze AB, of which ''Starbreeze Studios AB'' is a wholly owned subsidiary. ''Starbreeze'' is listed on the Swedish stock market list ''Aktietorget'' since 2000 where the company stock is still publicly traded. As of 2012, Starbreeze employs around 93 people. Starbreeze Studios' founders include people who were formerly members of the PC demoscene group Triton; Magnus Högdahl worked as CTO and was credited as Lead Engine Programmer. He ended his employment in July 2009.〔http://www.starbreeze.com/investors/oevrigt/foeraendringar-i-styrelsen-090702.aspx〕 Along with Fredrik Ljungdahl, Jens Matthies, Jim Kjellin, Kjell Emanuelsson, Michael Wynne and Jerk Gustafsson, went on to found MachineGames, which was later acquired by ZeniMax Media. The company was developing two games, but one of them has been cancelled.〔(EA cancels Starbreeze title )〕 The first, codenamed ''Project RedLime'', is a reboot of the ''Syndicate'' series developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. The second game based on Robert Ludlum's ''Jason Bourne'' series,〔(GameSpot News: Bourne license surfaces at EA )〕 was also going to be published by EA, but the project was shelved. On April 19, 2012 Starbreeze Studios announced it plans to acquire ''Payday: The Heist'' studio Overkill Software, pending final approval from shareholders. The acquisition was completed in June, with a purchase price that amounts to 200 million newly issued shares in Starbreeze. On June 21, 2012 Starbreeze Studios announced that the acquisition of Overkill Software was finalized. On 25 September 2014, Starbreeze Studios announced that they acquired a LA-based studio called Geminose for 7 million. The studio is currently working on a toys-to-life game. In May 2015, Starbreeze Studios announced that the company will start publishing video games from independent developers. The first independent title set to be published by Starbreeze is ''Raid: World War II'', an upcoming four-player World War II shooter in development by Lion Game Lion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starbreeze Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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