Square Enix Montréal is now named Studio Onoma

Considering Square Enix Montréal has been acquired by Embracer Group, it only makes sense to change the studio's name. From now on, the developer will be known as Studio Onoma, but the name change won't take away any of its previous work.

For anyone trying to make sense of the new name, it seems related to the Greek language, where Onoma stands for ‘name'. As the studio mentioned, “names offer endless possibilities”. Names are the “beginning of stories”. They “shape identities” and “breathe life into objects, persons, or concepts”. That is, in a way, what video developers do when creating new games.

Back in 2011, Square Enix Montréal was created to develop AAA games, but a change of focus in 2013 led the studio to focus on mobile titles. Since its establishment, the studio has produced multi-platform games like Hitman Go, Lara Croft Go, Deus Ex Go, and mobile games like Hitman: Sniper and Hitman Sniper: The Shadows.

As of now, we know the game studio is working on a mobile game called Tomb Raider Reloaded, scheduled to release later this year. Moreover, the studio is also working on an Untitled Space Invaders game and Avatar Generations, a new mobile game based on Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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KitGuru says: What kind of games do you expect from Onoma? Do you think the studio will keep focusing on mobile games like it has done up to this point, or will it venture into unfamiliar territory?

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