The indie studio that developed Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters has been acquired by Frontier Developments, the creators of Elite Dangerous and the publisher of Daemonhunters itself. The Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters review) and it seems to have done well enough to prompt Frontier into purchasing its first external development studio.
The studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is Complex Games, a studio of 20 developers founded in 2001 and based in Manitoba, Canada.
"Working with Frontier on Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters has been a great experience and I am excited about our growth plans for our Winnipeg studio," says Complex CEO Noah Decter-Jackson.
Frontier published Daemonhunters under its Frontier Foundry label, which focuses on third-party games. Frontier CEO Jonny Watts says the acquisition of Complex Games will create a new Canadian footprint for Frontier, one that the company is looking forward to "growing and evolving."
Neither Watts nor Decter-Jackson revealed any specific plans for the future, the company says it plans to "develop even more ambitious future titles" while continuing to Daemonhunters.