Build A Rocket Boy Settles in Montpellier in 2023

Having hired several developers from Montpellier, Build A Rocket Boy announces the creation of a subsidiary in the prefecture of the Hérault department in the Occitania region.

After headquartering in Edinburgh, Scotland and an operations center in Budapest, Hungary, Build A Rocket Boy is expanding into France, more specifically Montpellier, with a talent center to expand the independent studio’s staff. gaming industry veteran Leslie Benzies of Rockstar Games to develop Everywhere, a multiverse that combines video games, adventure, creativity and exploration.

A new area has been opened!

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Build A Rocket Boy to open new Montpellier studio

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Leslie Benzies, President and Game Director of Build A Rocket Boy, says:

I’m delighted to have some great industry veterans heading to our Montpellier studio. The talents present in the Montpellier area who joined us last year have taken Everywhere up a notch in terms of quality. Establishing and opening offices in France will allow us to develop significantly and is therefore the next natural step in the evolution of Build A Rocket Boy.

Several investors have bet on Build A Rocket Boy and Everywhere

Within a few years, Build A Rocket Boy can count on the help of Chinese and American investors such as Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, eWTP Innovation Fund or Creative Artists Agency to fund the development of Everywhere, a game with multiple worlds that blurs the line between reality and digital, but and attracts the best specialists in the market.

Leslie Benzies explains:

We’re lucky to have great partners who share our vision and invest in the studio so we can bring Everywhere to life. We are also very pleased to see that current trends in the video game industry, as well as the creativity and passion of a global audience, are increasingly in line with our vision of Everywhere.