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Ex-Arkane, Virtuos devs found new mobile studio

A pair of developers from Arkane Studios and outsourcing house Virtuos have left the traditional games industry to found Majaka, a new mobile development and publishing company in Paris, France.

Tom Curtis, Blogger

March 20, 2012

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Newsbrief: A pair of developers from Arkane Studios and outsourcing house Virtuos have left the traditional games industry to found Majaka, a new mobile development and publishing company in Paris, France. The studio's co-founders are developers Gael Giraudeau and Nicolas Godement-Berline, both of whom have several years experience making games with larger studios. Giraudeau previously worked with Arkane on the upcoming Spec Ops: The Line, while Godement-Berline has done outsourcing work for a number of titles on PlayStation 3. The studio plans to release between three and five games by the end of this year, and is already preparing to launch its first title, Ski Champion on iOS. For more information, visit Majaka's official website.

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Tom Curtis is Associate Content Manager for Gamasutra and the UBM TechWeb Game Network. Prior to joining Gamasutra full-time, he served as the site's editorial intern while earning a degree in Media Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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