Starbreeze Studios acquired a 90.5% stake in Indian outsourcing studio Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million.
Thanks to the purchase, the Swedish company plans to reduce the cost and increase the quality of graphics of its future projects, as well as provide partners with a full range of services and “add significant value to its own VR ecosystem.”
After the acquisition, the Indian studio will continue to work under its brand as an outsourcing company with current partners.
Starbreeze Studios is known as the developer of Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons and The Darkness. She is also the publisher of the PayDay and Dead by Daylight multiplayer series. Its head office is located in Stockholm, there are studios in Paris and Los Angeles.
With 320 employees, Dhruva Interactive, whose headquarters are based in Bangladesh, is not as popular as the projects she has worked on. Her portfolio includes graphics for projects such as Forza Horizon 3 (pictured), Colin McRae DiRT 2, Halo 5, PayDay and Quantum Break. She is currently working on graphics for Prey and Sea of Thieves.
For the fiscal year that ended for Dhruva Interactive in March 2016, it earned $4.6 million.
A source: Starbreeze Studios, PocketGamer