{"id":4429,"date":"2021-10-02T06:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2021-10-24T03:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T10:57:18","slug":"fabrik-games-acquired-by-playstation-studios-firesprite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/fabrik-games-acquired-by-playstation-studios-firesprite","title":{"rendered":"Fabrik Games Acquired By PlayStation Studio&#8217;s Firesprite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester-based studio Fabrik Games has been acquired by Firesprite for an unknown amount. Fabrik Games will become a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/playstation-maker-sony-buys-returnal-developer-housemarque\" title=\"PlayStation Maker Sony Buys Returnal Developer Housemarque\">PlayStation Studios<\/a> group as Firesprite has itself been bought by Sony Interactive Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to announce that we will be bringing Fabrik Games and Firesprite together as part of our exciting next step with PlayStation Studios. They are a team of passionate and committed developers, led by industry veterans who have worked on many AAA franchises,&#8221; commented Graeme Ankers, MD of Firesprite.&#8221;&nbsp; We&#8217;re looking forward to bolstering our creative talent as we continue on our journey to offer truly unique experiences for PlayStation fans.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;We have a history working and collaborating closely with Firesprite. There&#8217;s a huge amount of creative and cultural alignment already, and the entire team is excited to be on board. We can&#8217;t wait to show everyone what we&#8217;re capable of,&#8221; said Fabrik&#8217;s studio director Errol Ismail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by Graeme Ankers, Fabrik Games started its journey in 2014. Ankers, who is now the managing director of Firesprite said, he founded Fabrik with a vision to create, publish, and support new gaming experiences, which led to the studio releasing multiple indie titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of recently, Fabrik Games partnered with Firesprite to develop a survival horror game, The Persistence. Fabrik&#8217;s previously worked on titles such as Filthy Lucre and The Lost Bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acquisition of Fabrik Games is expected to strengthen Sony Interactive Entertainment&#8217;s portfolio of exclusive games. The buyout follows after Firesprite joining PlayStation Studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firesprite has grown exponentially with this acquisition and now employs 265 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Send your news at news@gamesround.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester-based studio Fabrik Games has been acquired by Firesprite for an unknown amount. Fabrik Games will become a part of the PlayStation Studios group as Firesprite has itself been bought by Sony Interactive Entertainment. &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to announce that we will be bringing Fabrik Games and Firesprite together as part of our exciting next step [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[936,935,217,742,545],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4634,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions\/4634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}