SkyBox Labs
SkyBox Labs

| Type |
Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) |
Shyang Kong, Derek MacNeil and Steven Silvester[1] |
| Founded |
2011[1] |
| Headquarters | |
| Products |
Minecraft, the Age of Empires franchise, Rise of Nations Extended Edition, Halo 5: Forge, and others |
| Parent company |
NetEase Games (2023–present) |
| Links |
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SkyBox Labs is a Canadian game development studio based out of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The studio was brought on to assist with bringing Bedrock Edition to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4,[2][3][4] as well as implementing VR support to the latter.[5]
On January 6, 2023, NetEase Games announced that they had acquired SkyBox Labs for an undisclosed amount.[6]
Games
SkyBox Labs has published the following original games:
- TASTEE: Lethal Tactics (PC, 2016)
- Stela (PC/ONE/NSwitch/iOS, 2019-2020)
They have also ported/remade/co-developed the following games:
- Age of Empires II: The Forgotten (PC, 2013)
- Age of Mythology: Extended Edition (PC/OSX, 2014)
- Rise of Nations Extended Edition (PC, 2014)
- EA Sports UFC (ONE/PS4/iOS/Android, 2014-2015)
- Project Spark (PC/ONE, 2014)
- Protocol Zero VR (GearVR, 2015)
- Grandia II Anniversary Edition (PC, 2015)
- Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms (PC, 2015)
- Halo 5: Guardians (ONE, 2015)
- Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon (PC/OSX, 2016)
- Halo 5: Forge (PC, 2016)
- Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas (PC, 2016)
- Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (2017)
- Fallout 76 (PC/ONE/PS4, 2018)
- Magic: The Gathering Arena (PC/macOS, 2019-2020)
- Halo Infinite (PC/Xbox, 2021)
- Destiny 2: Lightfall (PC/PlayStation/Xbox, 2023)
External links
References
- ↑ a b https://skyboxlabs.com/about/
- ↑ https://skyboxlabs.com/news/skybox-labs-brings-bedrock-version-of-minecraft-to-nintendo-switch/
- ↑ https://skyboxlabs.com/games/minecraft-nintendo-switch/
- ↑ https://skyboxlabs.com/games/minecraft-playstation4/
- ↑ https://blog.playstation.com/2020/09/07/minecraft-adds-ps-vr-support-this-month/
- ↑ https://www.neteasegames.com/m/news/game/20230106/30576_1061765.html
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