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THQ Nordic Acquires metricminds

THQ Nordic Acquires metricminds - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 March 2022 / 1,391 Views

THQ Nordic announced it has acquired animated content studio metricminds.

The studio was formed in 2001 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. It has worked on "creating cutscenes, trailers, motion capture, keyframe animation, facial animation and fully finished cinematics delivered in-engine."

The company has worked on Horizon 1 and 2, Dying Light, Borderlands 2, The Surge 1 and 2, Evolve, Batman Arkham Origins, Tarzan 3D, Darksiders III, The Remnant: From the Ashes, and more.

The acquisition includes the entire core team. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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8 Comments
Dulfite (on 24 February 2022)

Not Horizon Zero... Horizon 1 and 2...

I'll see myself out.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 25 February 2022)

They are a support tech? As long as they deliver then its a good aqui

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DonFerrari (on 24 February 2022)

A company I had never heard about before, but seems like a studio that gave support on plenty of good games.

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mjk45 DonFerrari (on 25 February 2022)

According to their site they make animated movies and cutscenes using game technology

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DonFerrari mjk45 (on 25 February 2022)

That is a good acquisition them, very specialized group

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mjk45 SegaHeart (on 25 February 2022)

not sure but they specialise in making animated movies/cutscenes using game tech.

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