Sega has acquired Two Point Studios, the developer behind pleasant Theme Hospital successor Two Point Hospital.
Formed by Lionhead veterans in 2016, Two Point’s founding trio Gary Carr, Mark Webley, and Ben Hymers all have a historical past with Black & White and Fable creator Lionhead. Carr and Webley’s historical past goes additional again into Bullfrog Productions, engaged on the unique Theme hospital all the best way again in 1997.
We known as Two Points Hospital a worthy successor to that period of terrific tycoons, and Sega appears to agree. The now 17-strong Two Point joins Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive and HARDLight in an more and more impressive-looking British lineup of Sega studios.
It’s Sega Europe’s first acquisition made by the writer’s Searchlight initiative, the place the home of the hedgehog seeks out small new studios. Sega and Two Point plan to interrupt into new IP going ahead, But the developer won’t be accomplished with the world it’s created fairly but.
Co-founder Mark Webley hinted that we’ll be going again to Two Point County in future. Sure, there’ll be extra content material in retailer for Two Point Hospital, however with all that Bullfrog know-how on the studio, perhaps we’ll see extra trendy takes on the legacy firm’s catalogue.
Two Points Theme Park is simply too straightforward: how a few Two Points tackle Dungeon Keeper? Go cyberpunk with Two Points Syndicate? Give us a name, Webley.
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