In Might, the Embracer Team revealed that it was obtaining Square Enix’s western workshops– Crystal Characteristics, Eidos Montreal, and also Square Enix Montreal– together with those workshop’s IP, and also in August, those purchases were officially settled. Naturally, provided the truth that it is currently no more possessed by Square Enix, it was anticipated that Square Enix Montreal would certainly wind up altering it’s name- which has actually currently taken place.
The workshop has actually revealed using a brand-new main internet site that it has actually rebranded as Workshop Onoma. The brand-new brand name will certainly “act as an umbrella to several items, programs, and also campaigns, each with distinctive individualities”, the workshop states, which states it has actually developed itself “to be versatile to see us right into the future, get in touch with several target markets, and also not impede us from broadening with the marketplace.”
Why “Onoma” though?
” Onoma is Greek for name and also names provide unlimited opportunities,” the workshop clarifies. “Names take a breath life right into items, individuals, or ideas; bring them to the globe– actual or thought of. It is the begin of a brand-new experience, an invite to take place a brand-new trip. As video game manufacturers, we are developers of brand-new experiences, of brand-new courses.”
As Square Enix Montreal, the advancement group was concentrated nearly completely on creating mobile titles based upon significant homes, consisting of video games such as Lara Croft GO, Deus Ex Lover GO, Gunman GO, Gunman Sniper, and also Gunman Sniper: The Darkness.