Private Division has announced that it has acquired video game developer Roll7, the current developer behind the upcoming OlliOlli World, which has been given an updated release timeframe
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“We’re thrilled to welcome Roll7 to the Private Division family,” said Michael Worosz, Executive Vice President and Head of Private Division. “As a team passionate about action sports ourselves, seeing how Roll7 combines the thrill of competition with the zen of achieving flow-state in a videogame is remarkable, and we can’t wait to show the world this phenomenon with our release of OlliOlli World this winter.”
Alongside the news, Private Division also confirmed that the upcoming OlliOlli World will now be published by Private Divison, with the game now set to launch during Take-Two’s fiscal fourth-quarter ending March 31, 2022. Terms of the acquisition were not announced just yet, but Private Division did announce that it will continue to support the future endeavors of Roll7 and their signature “flow state gaming” style of gameplay.
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“Private Division has been an incredible publishing partner for OlliOlli World, and we’re elated to continue to grow as a studio as part of the label,” said Simon Bennett, Co-CEO at Roll7. “Private Division has empowered our amazing team to raise the bar on our creativity and scope for OlliOlli World. Joining the label puts us in a great position to continue to grow and to set our sights on achieving our ambition to become a pre-eminent global videogames developer.”
