Dambuster Studios

{{Infobox company

| name = Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Ltd.

| logo = Dambuster Studios.svg

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Video games

| predecessor = Crytek UK

| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2014|07|30}}

| location_city = Nottingham

| location_country = England

| key_people =

| products = Homefront: The Revolution, Dead Island 2

| num_employees = 172{{cite web |url=https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Embracer-Annual-Report-and-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdf |title=Embracer Group Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2020 / 2021 |date=25 August 2021 |publisher=Embracer Group |access-date=12 September 2021 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825223946/https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Embracer-Annual-Report-and-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdf |url-status=live}}

| num_employees_year = 2021

| parent = Deep Silver

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.dsdambuster.com/|dsdambuster.com}}

}}

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham, England and owned by Deep Silver, itself part of the Embracer Group-owned Plaion. The studio was founded on 30 July 2014, and was set up initially to take over the development of Homefront: The Revolution from Crytek UK; which was closed later that same day, transferring all of its employees to Dambuster.

History

In 2014, Crytek suffered a financial crisis due to internal structuring, and ceased paying wages to the staff members at their UK subsidiary, Crytek UK (formerly known as Free Radical Design). During the development of Homefront: The Revolution, Crytek would sell the Homefront IP to Deep Silver and close down Crytek UK. In accordance with British law,{{cite web |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=30 July 2014 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/30/deep-silver-now-owns-homefront-new-studio-handling-development.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730173253/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/30/deep-silver-now-owns-homefront-new-studio-handling-development.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=30 July 2014 |title=Deep Silver Buys Homefront, UK Staff To Transfer To New Dambuster Studio, Crytek USA Scaled Back |publisher=Game Informer |access-date=30 July 2014}} most of Crytek UK's staff members were moved to a new studio founded by Deep Silver called Dambuster Studios to continue Homefront: The Revolution{{'}}s development. Dambuster Studios is the third Deep Silver in-house development team, following Volition and Fishlabs.{{cite web |last=Sarker |first=Samit |date=30 July 2014 |url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/30/5951985/deep-silver-homefront-the-revolution-ip-dambuster-studios |title=Deep Silver buys Homefront from Crytek, moves Homefront: The Revolution to new studio |publisher=Polygon |access-date=30 July 2014}}{{cite web |last=Pereira |first=Chris |date=30 July 2014 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/crytek-no-longer-developing-homefront-sells-rights/1100-6421395/ |title=Crytek No Longer Developing Homefront, Sells Rights to Publisher Deep Silver |publisher=GameSpot |access-date=30 July 2014}}

By August 2019, Dambuster had taken over the development on Dead Island 2 from Sumo Digital,{{Cite web|url=https://gematsu.com/2019/08/deep-silver-dambuster-studios-takes-over-dead-island-2-development|title=Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development|date=2019-08-14|website=Gematsu|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-14}} and had 140 employees.{{cite web |url=https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2890795/1096896.pdf |title=THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19 |first=Lars |last=Wingefors |date=27 August 2019 |website=Cision}}

Games developed

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Platform(s) ! scope="col" \| Note
scope="row" \| 2016 \| Homefront: The Revolution \| PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One \|
scope="row" \| 2021 \| Chorus \| PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S \| Assisted Fishlabs
scope="row" \| 2023 \| Dead Island 2 \| PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Platform(s)

! scope="col" | Note

scope="row" | 2016

| Homefront: The Revolution

| PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One

scope="row" | 2021

| Chorus

| PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

| Assisted Fishlabs