Midgar Studio

Midgar Studio was a French video game developer based in southern France, known for Japanese-style role-playing games and interactive worlds developed for PC and consoles. Founded in 2008, it progressed from mobile games, social titles and web applications to larger original productions. Its early business also included software engineering and 3D animation outsourcing for third-party clients.

The studio's work combined Japanese RPG aesthetics with elements of Western role-playing game design. Its capabilities included character animation, 3D world-building, tactical turn-based combat and real-time action systems. Across its projects, it also explored arcade movement and open-world parkour, working across Windows, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo platforms.

Original games

Midgar Studio co-developed Hover, originally titled Hover: Revolt of Gamers, with Fusty Game. The futuristic parkour adventure followed a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014 and reached PC in 2017, followed by console releases in 2018.

Its role-playing game Edge of Eternity began a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 and entered early access in 2018. The game brought together an open world and turn-based combat, reaching its full PC release in June 2021 and consoles in early 2022. It became a central project in the studio's transition toward larger RPG productions.

The team subsequently developed Edge of Memories, a real-time action RPG intended for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. A demo appeared in June 2026. Development took place before the studio's liquidation; the supplied release plans placed publishing and platform finalization under Nacon.

Ownership and final years

Nacon acquired the studio in February 2022. Midgar continued developing games within the publisher's network and expanded its Montpellier operations in 2024. Financial distress across the group led to judicial reorganization in June 2026. Efforts to secure a buyer did not produce an acquisition before the court deadline, and judicial liquidation was ordered on July 15, 2026. The studio ceased operations that July.