Nordisk Games acquires Supermassive Games

Supermassive Games, the developer behind Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Quarry, has been acquired by Copenhagen-based Nordisk Games, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows Nordisk Games taking a 30.7% stake in the studio in March 2021.

Founded by Pete Samuels and Joe Samuels in 2008, Supermassive Games launched its first owned-IP, The Dark Pictures Anthology, in 2019. The studio has received numerous awards for its narrative games, including a BAFTA for PS4 game Until Dawn. 

“It’s been a little over a year since Nordisk Games made an initial investment in Supermassive Games and our vision for the future. During that time, we have found that we share a lot of important values with Mikkel and his team, and we believe these values to be equally important to our existing commercial partners who we will continue to support. Having had such a positive experience over the past year it wasn’t a difficult decision when Nordisk Games wanted to explore increasing their investment. We have an exciting and ambitious growth strategy for Supermassive Games and Nordisk Games ownership only enhances that. I’m hugely excited about where the security offered by this partnership, and continued access to the expertise within Nordisk Games, will take us next,” said Pete Samuels, CEO of Supermassive Games.

Having built a high-growth portfolio of minority and majority-owned game studios that includes Avalanche Studios Group, Star Stable Entertainment, Flashbulb Games, Nitro Games, and MercurySteam, Nordisk Games is owned by entertainment company Nordisk Film, a part of Egmont, a leading Nordic media group. 

”In the year we’ve worked alongside Pete and Joe and the whole Supermassive team, it’s been clear to us the amount of talent, as well as how much potential there is to further develop the kinds of story and narrative-driven games they excel at,” said Mikkel Weider, CEO of Nordisk Games. “In acquiring 100% of the studio we’ll be able to increase our support to the team, and most importantly, continue the great working relationship we have with them.”