Wildlife Studios opens Never Forget Games studio in San Francisco

Game developers and other professionals have reportedly been leaving San Francisco during the pandemic. But Brazil’s Wildlife Studios has taken a contrarian stand, as it is opening a new outpost dubbed Never Forget Games.

Wildlife Studios recently raised $120 million at a $3 billion valuation on the strength of its mobile games such as Sniper 3D, Zooba, Tennis Clash, and War Machines. Over nine years, Wildlife has launched more than 60 games, and it has grown to more than 850 employees. Its growth is a measure of how much the world of games has changed. In the past, U.S. companies would set up satellite offices in places like South America. And now here’s a South American company expanding with an office in the U.S.