The Game Bakers is an independent game studio based in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

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. The company are known for creating games for

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including ''

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'' and ''Combo Crew'', but have recently shifted their focus to console and PC games, with ''

Furi ''Furi'' is a 2016 action shoot 'em up video game developed and published by indie studio The Game Bakers available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Amazon Luna. The game takes place on a planet ...

''.

History

The Game Bakers were formed in 2010 by two former employees of

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, who worked on AAA licenses, Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince. The idea was to "make games as we cook: with a lot of love." The Game Bakers started by developing games for mobile devices and then decided to focus on consoles and computers games. In 2016, they released ''

''.

Games developed

Awards

*EIGD Art Direction Award – ''Squids'' *Apple's Editor Choice – ''Combo Crew''

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Game Bakers Video game companies established in 2010 Video game companies of France Video game development companies Companies based in Occitania (administrative region) Montpellier French companies established in 2010 Indie video game developers Privately held companies of France