Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2010 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Squids , Furi , Haven |
Website | www.thegamebakers.com/ |
The Game Bakers is an independent game studio based in Montpellier, France. [1] The company are known for creating video games for mobile devices including Squids and Combo Crew, but have recently shifted their focus to console and PC games, with Furi . At Summer Game Fest in 2024, they announced their latest game Cairn, a survival-climbing game which is set to be released in 2025.
The Game Bakers were formed in 2010 by two former employees of Ubisoft, who worked on AAA licenses, [2] Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince. [3] The idea was to "make games as we cook: with a lot of love." [4] The Game Bakers started by developing games for mobile devices and then decided to focus on consoles and computers games. [5] In 2016, they released Furi .
Title | Year | Platform(s) |
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Squids | 2011 | iOS, Android, PC, Mac |
Squids Wild West | 2012 | iOS, Android |
Combo Crew | 2013 | iOS, Android |
Squids Odyssey | 2014 | Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo Switch |
Furi | 2016 | PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Haven | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
Cairn | 2025 | TBA |
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