River End Games studio has opened in Sweden. It is linked to THQ Nordic through its parent holding

The studio is called River End Games. It is located in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm. It is headed by Creative director Anders Hejdenberg with 15 years of experience in the industry. The second head of River End, senior programmer Karl Brostrom, previously worked at EA DICE and Ghost Games.

As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the studio is already working on its first IP. The emphasis in it will be on narrative and “refined visual design”. The project has no release date yet.

River End is owned by the investment company Amplifier Game Invest. This is the new name of Goodbye Kansas Game Invest, which the holding acquired in August last year.

It is important to note that Amplifier Game Invest will fully finance the new studio. Whether it contains its developer Tarsier Studios in the same way is unknown.

Recall that the parent holding Embracer Group is massively buying up gaming assets. For example, he owns publishers THQ Nordic Gmbh, Coffee Stain and Koch Media (Deep Silver).

Also on the topic:

• THQ Nordic owners are buying again. This time — the authors of Little NightmaresTHQ Nordic bought three studios at once, including the authors of Darksiders III
• THQ Nordic bought the authors of Gothic and Risen
• THQ Nordic bought Warhorse Studio