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    DLCs & Expansions

    Expand your game's universe with content that grips players—crafted with the same care for your lore, gameplay and characters that we apply to the codebase beneath them.

    Fresh content has to meet the standards players already expect while giving them something genuinely new to discover. 

    From concept to certification, we can handle the full DLC production cycle or integrate into specific workstreams, matching your creative vision, technical standards and production processes. 

    With deep experience creating content for some of the world’s biggest franchises, we know what successful expansions demand: respecting the core game

    What we do

    A clear production plan turns ambition into something teams can deliver. We define scope, dependencies, milestones and ownership from the outset, keeping teams and stakeholders aligned as priorities shift and content moves towards launch.

    New content should feel fresh without losing what makes the base game work. From mechanics and progression to narrative and encounter design, our teams create experiences that feel coherent, balanced and natural for returning players.

    New systems need to integrate cleanly with the game already in players’ hands. Our engineers work across client and server to implement features and content within your existing architecture, with performance and maintainability built in.

    The look and feel players know and love, brought to life in new ways. From early concepts through to final assets, our art teams create characters, environments, animation and renders that feel at home in your world while giving new content its own character.

    Early testing protects the quality of both the expansion and the base game. Our QA team can embed across your development, covering systems, progression, saves, performance and platform requirements so issues can be caught and resolved before launch.

    Good post-launch decisions depend on knowing how players engage with new content. We define and implement telemetry around progression, engagement and feature adoption, giving teams clearer insight into performance and future opportunities.

    Reliable pipelines keep content moving smoothly towards release. Our teams support build and deployment across development, staging and production environments, helping reduce friction as content progresses towards launch.

    Certification is easier when platform requirements are built into production from the start. We support compliance, submissions and fixes across target platforms, reducing the risk of late-stage issues delaying release.

    We co-create award-winning games

    Our expertise

    Extending established games

    DLC exists within an ecosystem that already has rules, systems, players and expectations. We understand how to introduce new mechanics, stories and content while keeping the experience coherent with the game players already know.

    Working within existing technical foundations

    New content has to coexist with established code, saves, progression, performance targets and platform dependencies. Our teams know how to assess those constraints early and make integration decisions that reduce risk later in production.

    Balancing ambition, scope and player value

    Expansion development means balancing what is creatively exciting, technically realistic and commercially worthwhile. We bring the production judgement to prioritise the work that adds the most player value within the time and budget available.

    Our cases

    Full-scale features for the industry’s biggest titles—AAA franchises to groundbreaking new IPs. 

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    Process breakdown

    01

    Concept and pre-production

    We define scope, themes and creative pillars, then assess technical dependencies and production requirements. Clear documentation and roadmaps give teams a shared direction from the outset.

    02

    Production and development

    Art, engineering and design move in parallel against agreed milestones, with regular reviews keeping quality and scope on track. Our teams work within your pipelines and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders throughout.

    03

    Integration and testing

    New content is integrated and tested continuously against the base game. Bugs, balance, performance and compliance are addressed early enough to avoid unnecessary pressure at the end of production.

    04

    Certification and launch prep

    We support platform submissions, TRC compliance and final polish as the expansion moves towards release, helping resolve remaining issues and prepare the content for launch.

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    Complete feature development that integrates with your existing game.

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