Vertigo Games: VR Development Studio Force Field

Vertigo Games, the Publishing and Development Next specializing in the global chef Media Group, announced today that the company is an agreement on the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Force Field, one of the world's largest VR development studios, for a not mentioned Amount has taken.

The Force Field team will continue its activity under the new name Vertigo Studios Amsterdam.

Force Field was founded in 2015 by veterans of the game industry and is one of the world's largest playground studios, which focuses exclusively on VR games. As a pioneer in the VR area, the company has developed several high-end VR titles, including the Oculus Studios title "Landfall", "Time Stall" and "Coaster Combat", and is currently working on an unannounced AAA game based on a well-known IP.

The Force Field team will continue its activity in its Amsterdam Studio under the name Vertigo Studios Amsterdam, while it will work with Vertigo Games to develop new AAA VR games for players on the most important VR platforms worldwide. The acquisition includes all FORCE FIELD business units as well as intellectual property rights.

Richard Stitselaar, CEO of Vertigo Games, says: "With several AAA VR game productions for the coming years in the pipeline, Vertigo Games continues to expand quickly. We are very pleased that Force-Field team in the Vertigo Games family welcome, because they are known for their AAA production standards and their groundbreaking experience in the development of VR games. Together we have made a big step closer to the construction of a global VR Powerhouse, which will offer players around the world even greater, high-quality and innovative VR games. "

"After years of being at the top of the development of VR games and have developed priority games and experiences for leading VR companies, we have now built a world-class VR team, which is able to absolute top title Deliver, "Arthur Houtman, CEO of Vertigo Studios Amsterdam. "Today we enter a new growth phase as part of Vertigo Games, because Vertigo Games is not just one of the most successful studios for the development of VR games, but also a leading VR publisher and part of the extremely diverse global chef Media / Embracer Group, which allows us to fully exploit the potential of our company. "

This acquisition is the most up-to-date in a number of expansions of Vertigo Games, which led the company beyond the VR Development into the Publishing, Out-Of Home Entertainment and Sales Area, and there are several VR brands such as "Arizona Sunshine" and "After the fall" has established. The acquisition follows at the accession of the VR-Gaming specialist to the Koch Media / Embracer Group in September 2020 as well as the acquisition of SpringboardVR, the leading out of home marketplace for VR content and its administration, early this year. This recent acquisition is another clear indication that Koch Media is investing in the area of ​​VR and the associated exciting future.