THQ Nordic's Studio Campfire Cabal Is Still Alive and Scales Back Up
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For two years, it had been quiet regarding THQ Nordic's Studio Campfire Cabal, with rumours circulating that the studio had closed. However, both companies have now announced that the Danish studio is still operational. Instead, a core team has remained, and it is now time for growth.
In September 2022, THQ Nordic founded Campfire Cabal, a RPG studio based in Copenhagen, consisting of former developers of Expeditions: Rome, Expeditions: Viking and Expeditions: Conquistador. During the Embracer Group's restructuring (almost two years ago), THQ Nordic has been told to close Campfire Cabal. "We want to make it clear that our management and the rest of the team have not given up on Campfire Cabal yet, and neither have our friends at THQ Nordic", they said at the time. Since then, both companies have been looking for a solution. After a long period of silence, the studio has returned.
In a statement, the Campfire Cabal team writes: "We are finally ready to reveal that Campfire Cabal was never shut down. Though we did have to say goodbye to many of our colleagues, the studio survived and a compact team continued the project we had started in 2022. At the end of March of 2025, we received the green light to scale back up and transition into full production. If you follow the insider news, you are aware that it's been a rough couple of years in the game industry. Investment dried up, studios shut down, countless developers lost their jobs, and games were cancelled left and right. We are extremely grateful that there were people within the group who fought to keep us alive through the turmoil, and that we can now emerge on the other side with renewed vigour."
Campfire Cabal is an independent development studio operating under the umbrella of THQ Nordic. The studio is led by a management team headed by Creative Director Jonas Wæver. Their current project is a new instalment in the Expeditions series, another historical RPG set in a previously unexplored era and region of the franchise.
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