Nottingham games firm snapped up by London counterpart

A Nottingham games company says it will be able to grow at a faster rate after being snapped up by a London counterpart.

The Multiplayer Guys, a multiplayer game services company based on Heathcote Street in Nottingham, has been bought by games technology firm Improbable.

The Multiplayer Guys was founded in 2018 by industry veterans Rik Alexander, Steve Bennett and Rocco Loscalzo. Primarily based in Nottingham, the company now employs around 60 people.

Improbable says that, post-deal, The Multiplayer Guys will operate independently.

Herman Narula, chief executive and co-founder of Improbable, said “Improbable’s goal is to pioneer and practice new, better ways to approach multiplayer game development using next-generation tools like SpatialOS. But multiplayer development has many challenges, and by expanding the services that we offer we can help more developers to achieve greater results with their multiplayer games.

“The Multiplayer Guys have shown their ability to help studios large and small deliver better multiplayer experiences faster. We’re delighted to add The Multiplayer Guys’ skill and experience to the services we offer.”

Alexander said: “Considering the growth and success that we’ve been experiencing, we weren’t looking to join a larger company, but no company is pioneering advances in multiplayer game development like Improbable. We will continue to offer our current services without any disruption, but with Improbable’s scale and engineering support we can continue our phenomenal growth rate while also working smarter, and bring new, experienced teams of multiplayer specialists online to serve more customers faster.”