SMG Studio
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 2013 |
| Founder | Ashley Ringrose |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | smgstudio |
SMG Studio is a video game developer based in Sydney, Australia. They are best known for their video games Death Squared (2017), Moving Out (2020), Lego Party (2025) and the One More series.[1] Their first release, Over The Top Tower Defence, first launched for mobile devices on May 24, 2014.[2]
SMG Studio was one of ten companies which received funding from Screen Australia's Games Enterprise in 2013.[3]
History
SMG Studio was established in 2013 as a gaming unit of Soap Creative, an Australian digital creative agency founded in 2002.[4][5]
SMG Studio was acquired by multinational digital marketing group Dentsu in February 2015.[6]
Products
- ThumbZilla (2011)
- Over The Top Tower Defence (2014)
- One More Line (2014)
- One More Dash (2015)
- Risk: Global Domination (2015)
- One More Jump (2016)
- One More Bounce (2016)
- Thumb Drift (2016)
- Death Squared (2017)
- Super One More Jump (2018)
- No Way Home (2020)
- Moving Out (2020)[7]
- SP!NG (2021)[8]
- Moving Out 2 (2023)
- Lego Party (2025)
References
- ^ Jackson, Zach (2019-11-17). "Made In Australia: SMG Studio". WellPlayed. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Good Game Stories - OTTTD". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "SMG Studio". smgstudio.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ Green, Ricki (November 28, 2014). "SOAP CREATIVE'S GAMING DIVISION SMG STUDIO HITS THE JACKPOT WITH LATEST APP GAME 'ONE MORE LINE'". Campaign Brief. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Dentsu Aegis Network acquires leading digital agency Soap Creative in Australia". dentsu.com. February 16, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Herrod, Sarah (February 16, 2015). "Dentsu Aegis Network Acquires Soap Creative in Australia". bandt.com.au. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Moving Out Game | Moving Out Trailer | Team17". Team17 Group PLC. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ Brown, Shelby. "Fantasian, Wonderbox, The Artful Escape: Every game we can't wait to play on Apple Arcade". CNET. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-13.