Game Development & Art - A New Structure for Global Capability and Local Connection
Keywords Studios Create has introduced a new regional structure.
Keywords Studios Create - our game development and art division - is uniting studios and talent from across the group into a new regional structure that connects you more directly to our expertise, leadership, and creative talent. The result: easier access to the right teams, faster decision-making, and stronger partnerships - helping you Imagine More.
By aligning our game development studios under four key regions, we’ve streamlined how you work with Keywords Studios Create. You’ll have direct access to the right expertise and a closer working relationship, backed by the consistency of our worldwide network. Our Art Service Line will continue under global leadership, delivering both local responsiveness and the high standards you expect from Keywords.
Regional Leadership and Studios
- UK Region – Richard Badger
Studio Gobo, d3t, Climax Studios, Electric Square, Lively, Wushu, MPG, Forgotten Empires, - North America Region – Jean-Sylvain Sormany
Snowed In, Smoking Gun, High Voltage, Hardsuit Labs, Heavy Iron, GameSim, Certain Affinity - Asia Pacific Region – Tom Davies
Tantalus, Wicked Workshop, Wizcorp - Eastern Europe and MENA Region – Craig Rundels
Studios operating under the Sperasoft brand, AMC - Art Service Line – Tara Phillips (Global)
*Liquid Development, Art China, Lakshya, Volta
To support this structure, we’ve also appointed:
- Simon Gardner, Global Head of Revenue
Simon helps clients navigate our Create studio network, ensuring a strong match between their project needs and our specialist teams, supported by the Create Solution Architect group. - Jon Gibson, Global Head of Transformation
Jon leads the implementation of strategic initiatives, particularly in AI and emerging tech, bringing deep experience from leading projects like Unreal Editor for Fortnite and KARA. - Giles Blackham, Global Finance Director - leading budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and driving cost efficiency.
- Colin Bell, Global Performance Director - provide leadership with accurate metrics and KPI analysis, driving operational excellence through the adoption of tools and data analysis.
Contact the Create Team
If you're not sure which studio or region is the right fit for your project, our Create team is here to help. Whether you're exploring options or looking for a strategic partner, we’ll connect you with the right experts.
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Sperasoft
United States + Europe
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Lakshya
India, Japan, UK, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Certain Affinity
Austin, Texas, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Audio Development
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
- Globalize
- Audio Artistic Direction
Red Hot
China + Indonesia
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Mindwalk
China
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
The Multiplayer Group (MPG)
United Kingdom + Spain + Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Electric Square
United Kingdom + Singapore + Malta
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Snowed In Studios
Ottawa, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
d3t
Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Create
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Climax Studios
United Kingdom
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- Accessibility Quality Assurance
High Voltage
Illinois & Louisiana, United States
- Create
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
VOLTA
Quebec City, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Studio Gobo
Brighton, United Kingdom
- Create
- Game Development
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Tantalus
Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, Australia
- Create
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Wicked Workshop
Melbourne, Australia
- Create
- Art Services
- Technical Art
- Game Development
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Hardsuit Labs
Seattle, WA, United States
- Create
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Liquid Development
Portland, OR, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
AMC
Bucharest, Romania
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
Smoking Gun
Vancouver, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
GameSim
Florida & Texas, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Lively
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Mighty Games
Melbourne, Australia
- Create
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
- Globalize
- QA Testing Services
- Accessibility Quality Assurance
Heavy Iron
Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Wizcorp
Tokyo, Japan
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- LiveOps Development
Forgotten Empires
United States + Germany + Spain
- Create
- Art Services
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Sound Lab
Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
- Music
Blindlight
Burbank, CA, United States
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
Syllabes Studio
Montreal, Canada
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
- Content Localization
- Dubbing & Voice Over
- Metadata, GFX & Key Art Translation
Sperasoft
United States + Europe
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Lakshya
India, Japan, UK, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Certain Affinity
Austin, Texas, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Audio Development
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
- Globalize
- Audio Artistic Direction
Red Hot
China + Indonesia
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Mindwalk
China
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
The Multiplayer Group (MPG)
United Kingdom + Spain + Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Electric Square
United Kingdom + Singapore + Malta
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Snowed In Studios
Ottawa, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
d3t
Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Create
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Climax Studios
United Kingdom
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- Accessibility Quality Assurance
High Voltage
Illinois & Louisiana, United States
- Create
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
VOLTA
Quebec City, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
Studio Gobo
Brighton, United Kingdom
- Create
- Game Development
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Tantalus
Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, Australia
- Create
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Wicked Workshop
Melbourne, Australia
- Create
- Art Services
- Technical Art
- Game Development
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Hardsuit Labs
Seattle, WA, United States
- Create
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Liquid Development
Portland, OR, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
AMC
Bucharest, Romania
- Create
- Art Services
- Concept Art & Visual Development
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
Smoking Gun
Vancouver, Canada
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
GameSim
Florida & Texas, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
Lively
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Mighty Games
Melbourne, Australia
- Create
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
- Globalize
- QA Testing Services
- Accessibility Quality Assurance
Heavy Iron
Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- 2D + 3D Animation
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Wizcorp
Tokyo, Japan
- Create
- Art Services
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- 3D Weapons + Vehicles
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- UX/UI
- Game Development
- Distributed Engineering Resources
- Platform Support
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- LiveOps Development
Forgotten Empires
United States + Germany + Spain
- Create
- Art Services
- Marketing Art + Illustration
- 3D Characters + Creatures
- VFX + Lighting
- 3D Props + Environments
- Technical Art
- World Building
- Game Development
- Porting and Re-Mastering
- Co-Development
- Full SKU Development
- LiveOps Development
Sound Lab
Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
- Music
Blindlight
Burbank, CA, United States
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
Syllabes Studio
Montreal, Canada
- Create
- Audio Development
- Media & Entertainment
- Post-Sound Services
- Content Localization
- Dubbing & Voice Over
- Metadata, GFX & Key Art Translation