Timbre Games is a new game studio in Vancouver, Canada.
Timbre Games is a new game studio in Vancouver, Canada.
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Pipeworks launches triple-A Timbre Games studio in Vancouver

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Pipeworks Studios has opened a new dev house in Vancouver called Timbre Games. It will focus on action-adventure and simulation games for the PC and consoles.

Electronic Arts veteran and former Sims franchise leader Joe Nickolls will lead as studio president. It will be a new division within the Eugene, Oregon-based Pipeworks Studios, which the Sumo Group acquired for $100 million in 2020. The studio is staying mum about the game it is making right now.

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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.