New Radical Games

Studio Overview

New Radical Games is an independent Canadian video game development studio headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in December 2024 by industry veterans Ian Wilkinson and Tim Bennison, the studio serves as a successor to the legacy of Radical Entertainment and Hothead Games. The company operates as a remote-first organization, leveraging a distributed team of developers across Canada to provide full-cycle development, co-development, and technical services for the global interactive entertainment market.

Core Expertise

New Radical Games specializes in high-end production for console, PC, and mobile platforms. The studio is built upon decades of collective experience in managing world-class intellectual properties and delivering complex technical solutions. Key technical capabilities include:

• Unreal Engine Development: Advanced proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, utilizing modern frameworks such as StateTree, Motion Matching, Control Rig, and Blueprint scripting.
• Technical Art & Animation: Specialized pipelines for character rigging, corrective deformations, and physics-based animation systems including Ragdoll and RBAN.
• Game Systems & Audio: Expertise in technical game design, systems architecture, and dynamic audio implementation using FMOD.

Services

The studio offers a flexible engagement model designed to support external partners through various stages of the production lifecycle:

• Full-Cycle Development: End-to-end production from early concepting and core engineering to monetization and live-operations.
• Co-Development: Providing embedded strike teams to scale production, optimize performance, and assist with design tuning.
• Porting & Remastering: Technical adaptation of existing titles for new platforms and comprehensive modernization of legacy catalog games with updated visuals, audio, and gameplay mechanics.

Note: While the studio draws upon the extensive historical portfolio of its leadership—including titles such as Prototype, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, and various Hothead Games projects—New Radical Games operates as a distinct, independent entity focused on contemporary development projects.