Takeover of Phosphor Games’ development team

PEOPLE CAN FLY TAKES OVER PHOSPHOR GAMES TEAM AND OPENS ITS SEVENTH LOCATION,
THIRD IN NORTH AMERICA

Warsaw, 23 April 2021

We are happy to announce that PCF Group takes over Phosphor Games development team with a newly established subsidiary – People Can Fly Chicago, LLC.

Phosphor Games, LLC, founded in 2009, is a mid-size highly experienced development team led by Justin Corcoran, Jarod Pranno and Chip Sineni. Phosphor is an Unreal Engine studio, and its portfolio includes titles such as The Brookhaven Experiment, Heroes Reborn: Gemini, and Nether.

“A new chapter opens for our team.” – says Justin Corcoran, Phosphor Studios CEO.

“We are very excited to be joining People Can Fly to open a brand new Triple-A studio – People Can Fly Chicago. Our goal is to strengthen PCF’s presence in the US and help build People Can Fly as a global brand.” – he points out.

“Taking over the Phosphor Games’ team is simply an execution of our strategy, announced during PCF Group’s recent IPO. With the variety of on-going projects, we need well-seasoned, ambitious professionals to bring our plans to fruition.” – says Sebastian Wojciechowski, People Can Fly’s CEO.

“Considering Phosphor’s team experience and quality I’m sure they will be a great addition to the PCF family and will facilitate our growth. Welcome on board!” – adds Wojciechowski.

Established in 2002, People Can Fly, is one of the best AAA game development studios in Poland. PCF operates in Warsaw, Rzeszów, Łódź, New York, Newcastle and Montreal. PCF made its mark on the shooter genre and is known for titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm and the recently launched RPG shooter, Outriders.

People Can Fly is currently working on two other AAA projects: a new game for Square Enix and a recently announced original, action-adventure title for Take-Two Interactive.

People Can Fly made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in December 2020.

With the PCF Chicago announcement People Can Fly is pushing its staff count to over 320 people across the globe.

Outriders is now available

Warsaw, 1 April 2021

Together with SQUARE ENIX® we are excited to announce that our latest title, OUTRIDERS™, the high-intensity RPG-Shooter is available now on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, Epic Games Store and GeForce NOW on PC, and Google Stadia.

Watch the OUTRIDERS Launch Trailer Here:

OUTRIDERS is a hard-hitting RPG-Shooter set in an original dark sci-fi world. The last of Humanity slowly bleeds out in the trenches of the wild and unforgiving world of Enoch. Player awakes as one of the last of the Outriders, infused with incredible powers and goes on an epic journey across a hostile planet. For more information, visit www.outriders.net

“It’s incredibly exciting to finally let players explore what we have been working on for the last five years,” said Bartek Kmita, Creative Director at People Can Fly. “With OUTRIDERS, we’ve made the game we always wanted to play. It’s been an amazing journey to get here, but this is hopefully only the beginning of something great. We can’t wait to see you on Enoch!”

“Our External Studios team has been working closely with the talented team at People Can Fly on all facets of game and franchise development for over five years” said Jon Brooke, Co-Head of Studio at Square Enix External Studios. “Our shared vision of an epic dark sci-fi adventure that’s both a deep RPG and an intense top class shooter experience is one that breaks genre conventions and provides an all-in-the-box complete experience from day one. This is a landmark day for both teams and I am immensely proud of the work put in by everyone, but this is just our first foot forward in this universe, we have so many more stories to tell.”

OUTRIDERS is available now on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, Epic Games Store and GeForce NOW on PC, and Google Stadia.

Free OUTRIDERS demo is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, as well as Steam and GeForce Now on PC.

OUTRIDERS official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/outridersgame
OUTRIDERS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outriders
OUTRIDERS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outridersgame
OUTRIDERS on YouTube: www.youtube.com/outriders
OUTRIDERS Discord: discord.gg/outriders
Learn more about SQUARE ENIX® here: http://www.square-enix.com

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