# “Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty”: Destroy All Humans! remake devs Black Forest Games split from THQ Nordic to launch new indie studio group

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/some-of-the-best-games-of-the-last-decade-came-from-teams-of-fifty-destroy-all-humans-remake-devs-black-forest-games-split-from-thq-nordic-to-launch-new-indie-studio-group/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:19:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T16:42:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/some-of-the-best-games-of-the-last-decade-came-from-teams-of-fifty-destroy-all-humans-remake-devs-black-forest-games-split-from-thq-nordic-to-launch-new-indie-studio-group
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Black Forest Games has spun out through a management buyout.
- It is joining the new independent group Third Signal.
- The studio will continue collaborating with THQ Nordic.

## Summary

Black Forest Games has completed a management buyout from THQ Nordic and Embracer Group, becoming part of a new independent studio group called Third Signal. The move gives the German developer’s management team co-ownership and is intended to give studios more independence and creative freedom.

Third Signal’s founder says smaller teams can make some of the decade’s best games, and the group aims to support developers bringing their own ideas to life. Black Forest Games joined Embracer in 2017 and made the Destroy All Humans! remakes, as well as games in the Giana Sisters and Bubsy series; it will continue collaborating with THQ Nordic on development work.

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