Black Forest Games, the developer behind the Destroy All Humans! remakes, is leaving THQ Nordic and spinning out via a management buyout. The studio is also co-founding a new independent group of studios called Third Signal.
Across coverage, outlets frame the move as a shift away from parent ownership and toward greater studio autonomy. GamesIndustry.biz and VGC both emphasize that Black Forest has effectively “bought itself out” from THQ Nordic and is setting up a collective intended to support other independent teams.
Eurogamer adds that the split extends beyond THQ Nordic to the wider parent structure associated with Embracer Group, while Rock Paper Shotgun highlights the stated goal of the new “developer-driven group” to provide independence, resources, and creative freedom for teams to pursue their own ideas.
