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Side Fort Lauderdale

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2015
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About Side Fort Lauderdale

Side Fort Lauderdale is a video game development and technical engineering studio founded in 2015 as Ghostpunch Games. Based in Sunrise, Florida, within the Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area, it works with publishers and development teams on AAA co-development, supplemental engineering, animation and multiplatform releases.

The studio supports projects through both focused technical assignments and broader development partnerships. Its engineering capabilities cover gameplay systems, artificial intelligence, physics, user interfaces, engine architecture and multiplayer networking. Performance work includes memory profiling, frame-rate stabilization and improvements to rendering pipelines. Cross-platform porting and technical migration extend across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC and mobile platforms, alongside development for virtual, augmented and mixed reality.

Development and production

Beyond programming, the studio provides technical game design, level scripting, mechanics tuning and systems economy balancing. Its art and animation services encompass concept development, character and environment modeling, texturing, rigging, keyframe animation and motion-capture animation. Technical art integration connects these disciplines with game production and cinematic pipelines.

Production engagements can include milestone co-development, code-base audits, live-operations support and full intellectual-property co-creation. This range allows the team to contribute individual capabilities or participate across several stages of a project's development.

Its reported contributions include engineering and co-development on Fortnite, Mortal Kombat 1, Risk of Rain 2, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and the Silent Hill 2 remake. Other work spans supplemental development, systems support, optimization and porting for console and PC releases.

PTW acquired Ghostpunch Games in August 2024. Following the group's March 2025 consolidation under the Side brand, the Florida studio continued operating as Side's specialized North American game development and co-development unit. It retains its engineering focus while drawing on the wider group's production infrastructure.

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Founders and leadership

The studio was founded by Hugh Falk, Alejandro Garcia-Tuñon, Rick Daniels and Devon Browne. Their founding roles were Executive Producer, Director of Technology, Director of Operations and Animation Director, respectively.

Following the acquisition, the report identifies Falk as Site Head of the Florida studio, Garcia-Tuñon as Director of Co-Dev, Daniels as head of Sales for Art and Co-Dev, and Browne as leading animation management. These roles report to Chief Operating Officer Sijo Jose.

Acquisition value

The August 2024 transaction was valued at approximately $13.15 million.

Notable credits

12 credits
  • Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm
  • Risk of Rain 2: Alloyed Collective
  • Madden NFL 26
  • Silent Hill 2 Remake
  • Sid Meier's Civilization VII
  • Fortnite
  • Mortal Kombat 1
  • Borderlands 3
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Prey
  • Ra Ra Boom

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Where Side Fort Lauderdale is based

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  • Side Fort Lauderdale

    Headquarters
    14201 W Sunrise Blvd, Suite 202, Sunrise, FL 33323Sunrise, Florida, United States
    About this office

    The studio's headquarters and physical development premises. Sunrise and Fort Lauderdale refer to this same location in the supplied research.

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