{"id":1745543,"date":"2026-11-11T22:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WkrqPGcKEUQkBCMf2W939M"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:57:44","slug":"giana-sisters-developer-black-forest-games-buys-itself-out-of-embracer-some-of-the-best-games-of-the-last-decade-came-from-teams-of-fifty-not-five-hundred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/giana-sisters-developer-black-forest-games-buys-itself-out-of-embracer-some-of-the-best-games-of-the-last-decade-came-from-teams-of-fifty-not-five-hundred\/","title":{"rendered":"Giana Sisters developer Black Forest Games buys itself out of Embracer: &#8216;Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty, not five hundred&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Black Forest Games, German developer of early Kickstarter success Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, as well as remakes of the first two Destroy All Humans games, and, er, Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, has announced it&#8217;s leaving THQ Nordic after nine years within the Embracer Group subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>Following a management buyout, Black Forest has founded an indie studio group called Third Signal. &#8220;Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty, not five hundred,&#8221; said Third Signal&#8217;s founder and CEO Andreas Tobler. &#8220;Black Forest Games is one of them, and the right studio to launch Third Signal. Our vision is to build a developer-driven group and give teams the independence, resources and creative freedom to continue their creative legacy and bring their own ideas to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Black Forest Games was founded by staff of Spellbound Entertainment, creator of the Desperados series and Arcania: Gothic 4 before being closed in 2012. As Black Forest Games they mostly worked on revivals of existing series, and were developing a game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic The Last Ronin before it was canceled and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-last-ronin-is-coming-from-paramounts-new-game-studio\/\">revived as a Platinum joint<\/a>. 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Following a management buyout, Black Forest has founded an indie studio group called Third Signal. &#8220;Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty, not five hundred,&#8221; said Third Signal&#8217;s founder and CEO Andreas Tobler. &#8220;Black Forest Games is one of them, and the right studio to launch Third Signal. 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