Acquired Metricminds based in Frankfurt

THQ Nordic acquires metricminds GmbH based in Frankfurt.

THQ Nordic acquires Frankfurt-based metricminds – a well-known service provider that creates animated content within the game engine. Metricminds GmbH becomes a 100% subsidiary of THQ Nordic and continues to do what they do best.

Since its inception in 2001, the studio has built a reputation for creating cutscenes, trailers, motion capture, keyframe animations, facial animations, and fully finished cinematics delivered in-engine.

Notable projects the studio has worked on include: Horizon (1 & 2), Dying Light, Borderlands 2, The Surge (1 & 2), EVOLVE, Batman Arkham Origins, Tarzan 3D, Darksiders III, The Remnant: From the Ashes, and many more (at this point Crypto forces us to mention that they also worked on Destroy All Humans! 2020 as well as Destroy All Humans 2 – Reprobed (no further questions please).

In 2018, the studio (pun intended) fished in the VR release’s waters and released “Catch & Release.”

The acquisition includes the entire core team made up of professionals from the gaming, broadcasting and film industries. The terms of the acquisition are not disclosed.

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