Square Enix Montréal is now Studio Onoma following Embracer acquisition

“Onoma is Greek for title and names offer never-ending probabilities”.

Square Enix Montréal – the developer within the motivate of the likes of Hitman Creep and Lara Croft Creep – has rebranded as Studio Onoma following its acquisition by Embracer Group in Could perchance perchance also.

Square Enix Montréal changed into once one in all three studios bought by Embracer Group as half of a $300m USD deal with Square Enix earlier this three hundred and sixty five days. Following the deal’s completion in August, Embracer now additionally owns Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal, alongside predominant IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain.

Whereas Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal will protect their present identities following the Embracer acquisition, Square Enix Montréal has now shaken off the closing remnants of its worn proprietor with a original title and original value, each and each of which had been detailed in a prolonged submit on the developer’s web residing. The predominant takeway for the uncommon, though, is that “Onoma is Greek for title and names offer never-ending probabilities”.

“At Onoma,” the developer adds, “we are creators, inventors, and storytellers, and the experiences and ideas that we bring to existence connect us to every assorted and to gamers.”

Studio Onoma’s web residing indicates it for the time being has three cell initiatives within the works (the studio has been essentially cell-centered since 2014’s Hitman Creep, even when several of its titles bear made their manner to PC and consoles), with Tomb Raider Reloaded, Avatar Generations, and a original Area Invaders sport all listed as “coming soon”.

As for Embracer Group’s assorted Square Enix acquisitions, Crystal Dynamics – which launched it had “taken regulate” of several sport franchises including Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain in September – is for the time being increasing a original Tomb Raider sport in Unreal Engine 5. It be unclear what Eidos-Montréal, now the proprietor of Deus Ex and Thief, is engaged on at contemporary, even when it talked about it had “several” initiatives in pattern earlier this three hundred and sixty five days.