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Hardsuit Labs is a Seattle-based game development studio that provides co-development, engineering, porting, and optimization services to other game makers. It works by offering partnership-based outsourcing, delivering technical resources during pre-launch windows, networking, and performance improvements to help partners ship games on time. Compared with competitors, it focuses on flexible collaboration and support across a range of development needs rather than building its own titles. Now part of Keywords Studios, its goal is to provide reliable hands-on development support to help clients deliver high-quality games.
About Hardsuit Labs
Industries
Entertainment
Gaming
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Keywords' Create line bought Hardsuit on 2023-05-11, preserving services demand.
- GamesIndustry reported Hardsuit supports Epic Games' Fortnite and Fortnite Creative in 2023.
- Seattle expansion gives Keywords access to local clients and Unreal Engine hiring.
What critics are saying
- Paradox removed Hardsuit from Bloodlines 2 in February 2021 after narrative layoffs.
- External-development contracts compress margins and vanish when publishers shift vendors.
- A lost flagship client, like Fortnite, would force shutdown.
What makes Hardsuit Labs unique
- Keywords Studios' 2026-02-25 page calls Hardsuit Labs an Unreal Engine specialist across platforms.
- Hardsuit shipped support work on Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, Chivalry II, and Gears.
- Seattle talent and co-founders Andy Kipling, Russell Nelson still lead the studio under Keywords.
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Funding
Total Funding
$0
Below
Industry Average
Funded Over
1 Rounds
Benefits
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Company News
For those unaware, Hardsuit Labs was working on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from 2019 to 2021.
Keywords Studios PLC (AIM:KWS, OTC:KYYWF) has acquired Hardsuit Labs Inc, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle, for up to a maximum of US$15mln.
Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games and entertainment industries, has acquired Hardsuit Labs, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle.
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About Hardsuit Labs
Industries
Entertainment
Gaming
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
2015
Hardsuit Labs is Hiring for 4 Jobs on Simplify!
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