The Game Bakers

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
The Game Bakers
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded2010
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.

Contents

History

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 .

Games developed

TitleYearPlatform(s)
Squids 2011iOS, Android, PC, Mac
Squids Wild West2012iOS, Android
Combo Crew2013iOS, Android
Squids Odyssey2014Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo Switch
Furi 2016 PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Haven 2020Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Cairn2025TBA

Awards

Related Research Articles

A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ubisoft</span> French video game company

Ubisoft Entertainment SA is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include Assassin's Creed, Driver, Far Cry, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rabbids, Rayman, Tom Clancy's, and Watch Dogs.

<i>Far Cry 2</i> 2008 video game

Far Cry 2 is a 2008 first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. It is the second mainline entry in the Far Cry series. Set in a fictional African country engulfed in civil war, the storyline follows a mercenary who is assigned to kill the Jackal, a weapons dealer inflaming the conflict. The player navigates the open world, completing missions for factions and allies called Buddies while managing their health and equipment. A competitive multiplayer mode allows players to fight in teams or as individuals.

<i>TMNT</i> (video game) 2007 video game

TMNT is an action video game featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable, as well as for Microsoft Windows on March 20, 2007. It is based on the 2007 film of the same name.

Prince of Persia is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is centered around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia.

<i>God of War: Betrayal</i> 2007 video game

God of War: Betrayal is an action-adventure mobile game developed by Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment's (SOE) Los Angeles division, and published by Sony Pictures Digital. Released for mobile phones supporting the Java Platform, Micro Edition on June 20, 2007, it is the third installment in the God of War series, and the fifth chronologically. Loosely based on Greek mythology, Betrayal is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The player controls the protagonist Kratos, who became the new God of War after killing the former, Ares. Kratos is framed for the murder of Argos and pursues the true assassin across Greece, resulting in a confrontation with Olympian messenger Ceryx.

<i>Beyond Good and Evil 2</i> Upcoming video game

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is an upcoming video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and to be published by Ubisoft. It is a prequel to Beyond Good & Evil, released in 2003. Its development was characterized in the media by uncertainty, doubt and rumors about the game's future. The game was announced as a sequel at Ubidays 2008 with almost a decade of silence before being reannounced as a prequel at Ubisoft's E3 2017 conference, although no release window or target platforms have been mentioned.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Global VR</span> American video game company

Global VR is company based in San Jose, California, that makes arcade games. The company once manufactured virtual reality stands as well. It has also developed electronic kiosks and offers development services for mobile platforms.

<i>Assassins Creed</i> Video game series

Assassin's Creed is a historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice Désilets, Jade Raymond, and Corey May, the Assassin's Creed video game series depicts a fictional millennia-old struggle between the Order of Assassins, who fight for peace and free will, and the Knights Templar, who desire peace through order and control. The series features historical fiction, science fiction, and fictional characters intertwined with real-world historical events and historical figures. In most games, players control a historical Assassin while also playing as an Assassin Initiate or someone caught in the Assassin–Templar conflict in the present-day framing story. Considered a spiritual successor to the Prince of Persia series, Assassin's Creed took inspiration from the novel Alamut by the Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol, based on the historical Hashashin sect of the medieval Middle East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ubisoft Quebec</span> Canadian video game development company

Ubisoft Quebec is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Quebec City. The studio was established in June 2005 and is best known for its work in the Assassin's Creed franchise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PlayStation Vita</span> Handheld game console by Sony

The PlayStation Vita is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 17, 2011, and in North America, Europe, and other international territories beginning on February 22, 2012. The console is the successor to the PlayStation Portable, and a part of the PlayStation brand of gaming devices; as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles, it primarily competed with the Nintendo 3DS.

<i>The Crew</i> (video game) 2014 racing video game

The Crew was a 2014 online-only racing video game co-developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, with an Xbox 360 port developed by Asobo Studio in December 2014. It featured a persistent open world environment for free-roaming across a scaled-down recreation of the Contiguous United States and included both role-playing and large-scale multiplayer elements.

<i>Furi</i> 2016 video game

Furi is a 2016 action shoot 'em up video game developed and published by indie studio The Game Bakers available for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Amazon Luna. The game takes place on a planet in a colorful, retro, science fiction setting and consists entirely of boss fights.

<i>Growtopia</i> 2012 video game

Growtopia, commonly abbreviated as GT, is a massively multiplayer online sandbox video game developed by Ubisoft Abu Dhabi and formerly by indie developers Robinson Technologies and Hamumu Software where players can farm, build worlds, converse with others, and engage in player versus player combat. The game was initially released for Android in November 2012, and later for iOS, Microsoft Windows, and OS X in 2013. It was also released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019, but support for each console would later be discontinued on July 30, 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amazon Games</span> American video game developer

Amazon Games is an American video game company and division of the online retailing company Amazon that primarily focuses on publishing video games developed within the company's development divisions.

Video gaming in Finland consists of video game industry of 260 active video game developer studios, roughly a dozen professional players and countless enthusiastic amateurs.

Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence is a free-to-play multiplayer third-person shooter mobile game set to be released by Ubisoft in 2024. It will take place in the same world as Tom Clancy's The Division and Tom Clancy's The Division 2, though will have a story independent of the two games. Announced with a trailer on 7 July 2022, the game will be released for iOS and Android devices.

References

  1. "A Montpellier, les indés l'ont dans l'union".
  2. "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
  3. "Former Ubisoft & SQUIDS Producer Audrey Leprince Talks Industry". July 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
  5. "THE GAME BAKERS ÉVOQUE SON NOUVEAU PROJET". August 3, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  6. "Squids lauréat du prix de la Direction Artistique aux EIGD 2012".
  7. "iTunes Preview – Combo Crew". iTunes .