Following the cancellation of the cooperative action movie Project T based on Dead by Daylight and the closure of the Midwinter Entertainment studio that developed it, Behavior Interactive decided to buy another team.
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Behavior Interactive announced on its official microblog that it has acquired Canadian Red Hook Studios. The studio, which has 29 employees, is known for the dark role-playing games Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II.
«We’ve long admired and enjoyed the Darkest Dungeon series (and even sometimes lost sleep over it), so it’s a pleasure to welcome Red Hook to Behavior as a completely independent entity,” the announcement reads.
Under the banner of Behavior, the creators of Darkest Dungeon will continue to work as a completely autonomous division, and the new owner is committed to helping the team do what it does best: test the psyche of users for strength.
Red Hook is the fourth studio Behavior has acquired in the past two years (Image source: Gematsu)
Red Hook co-founders Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman noted in a press release that they met like-minded people on the Behavior team: “Together we are stronger than apart.”
«Behavior’s support will help us realize our vision for the future of Red Hook and focus on making Darkest Dungeon a true dark fantasy giant,” Bourassa said.
The latest release from Red Hook remains Darkest Dungeon II – the game was released on PC (Steam, EGS), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, S and Nintendo Switch. Total sales of the sequel, together with the first part, are estimated at 7 million copies.