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It looks like everyone’s circling around these days for a piece of the Activision Blizzard castoffs. In just the past week, we’ve reported on Atari picking up the Ghostbusters game and Ubisoft’s acquisition of Massive Entertainment, and now comes word that UK-based developer Monumental Games has picked up Swordfish Studios from Activision.

As a result of the deal, Swordfish Studio Head, Mike Delves, will join the Monumental management team to head up the business that will now be known as Monumental Manchester. Commenting on the Swordfish acquisition, Delves stated, “The Manchester team have already been getting to know their counterparts from Nottingham and we’re really excited about working together and all the new opportunities this represents. Monumental have clearly been the ones to watch for a while now, and we’re glad to be playing a crucial part in a new phase of growth.”

Monumental’s CEO, Rik Alexander, added, “When this opportunity arose it immediately made sense. The Swordfish team are a perfect fit in terms of culture, expertise and ambition, and there’s no doubt that, from today, Monumental is in an even stronger position to drive the future development of the online gaming market.

Monumental’s head office and principal UK studio is based in Nottingham. In addition to the newly acquired Swordfish Studio, Monumental has recently established a development studio in Pune, India.

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