Nintendo is about to totally purchase Miami-based Shiver Leisure, the studio liable for a number of high-profile Nintendo Swap ports.
Nintendo introduced on Monday that it’s entered into an settlement with Shiver’s present proprietor Embracer Group AB to accumulate 100% of the corporate’s excellent shares and make it an entirely owned subsidiary.
Since its institution in 2012, Shiver has labored on porting and growing software program reminiscent of Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat 1 to Nintendo Swap.
“By welcoming Shiver’s skilled and completed growth crew, Nintendo goals to safe high-level assets for porting and growing software program titles,” it mentioned in an announcement.
“Going ahead, even after it turns into part of the Nintendo group, Shiver’s focuswill stay the identical, persevering with commissions that port and develop software program for a number of platforms together with Nintendo Swap.”
The buyout represents Nintendo’s first acquisition for the reason that 2021 buy of Subsequent Stage Video games. Earlier than that, the corporate’s final acquisition was Monolith Mushy (Xenoblade) in 2007.
Shiver joins Subsequent Stage, the developer of Luigi’s Mansion 3, and Retro Studios, developer of Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Nation: Tropical Freeze, in Nintendo’s roster of North American studios.
