Keywords Studios CEO Andrew Day in 2017.
Keywords Studios CEO Andrew Day in 2017.
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Keywords Studios acquires game developers Studio Gobo and Electric Square

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Game development outsourcing Keywords Studios has acquired Studio Gobo and Electric Square as part of its plan to offer worldwide development services for game publishers. The deals substantially expand the company’s presence in the United Kingdom.

Gobo provides game development services to video game developers and publishers around the world from its Studio Gobo and Electric Square studios based across three studio locations in Brighton and Hove.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.