Cell developer Madbox has opened a brand new studio in Annecy, France.
As reported by Pocket Gamer, the studio opened in January 2025 in co-working area Les Papeteries – Picture Manufacturing facility.
Led by recreation lead Arthur Michel, the management workforce for its Annecy studio consists of recreation supervisor Hugues Barlet and senior recreation developer Clément Auvray.
The developer goals to extend its 100 worker workforce by 15% in 2025, with half working on the new location.
“The principle rationale behind selecting Annecy is that we consider the very best groups make the very best video games, and we try to assemble the very best players with a singular chemistry,” stated Madbox CEO and co-founder Maxime Demeure.
“At Madbox, we had the right workforce for this, and so they desired a singular area in a lovely and inventive metropolis. We determined to take the danger and do one thing new by creating a brand new place for an important workforce we consider in.
“This led us to open the Annecy studio. It is a wager on a workforce, which is precisely what Madbox has been about since its creation.”
Madbox was based in 2018, and has studios in Paris and Barcelona. The developer raised $16.5 million in a Series A funding round in 2019 which resulted within the opening of its Spanish location.