Artisan Studios announces its expansion in Riyadh at Ignite event.
Artisan Studios announces its expansion in Riyadh at Ignite event.
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Artisan Studios opens game studio in Saudi Arabia

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Artisan Studios, an independent game developer with a reputation for creating premium role-playing games, plans to open a game development studio in Saudi Arabia.

The offices in Riyadh are expected to employ over 200 people who will work on triple-A console games. The Quebec City-based company said it made history by entering into an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment (MISA) to establish the largest foreign-owned game development studios in the kingdom.

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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.