PlayMagic
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 3
About PlayMagic
PlayMagic is an independent video game development studio established in Malta in 2014. It develops original games alongside co-development, porting and engineering assignments for publishers and other developers. Its work spans AAA and AA productions, console and PC games, mobile titles and virtual reality, with development teams in Malta, Ukraine and Mexico.
The studio supports projects from concept prototyping and game design through production, platform adaptation and quality assurance. Its technical capabilities include gameplay programming, engine integration, development tools, AI systems, crowd management and persistent-world engineering. Art services encompass 3D assets, environments, world building, rigging, visual effects and cinematic sequences.
Development and technical capabilities
PlayMagic works with Unreal Engine 4, Unreal Engine 5, Unity and proprietary C++ engines. Its platform work includes PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC, with services covering memory profiling, rendering performance and console compliance. The research also identifies experience with Unreal technologies such as Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, Niagara and Sequencer, alongside audio integration using FMOD, Wwise and MetaSounds.
Its contributions include PC co-development support for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, AI and crowd management engineering for Clockwork Revolution, persistent-world engineering for Reaper Actual, and VR art and world building for Journey to Foundation VR. These assignments illustrate the studio’s role as a specialist development partner across engineering and visual production.
Original games and production history
PlayMagic developed the 2020 XIII remake for publisher Microids. The release encountered substantial technical problems, prompting a joint apology from developer and publisher. Responsibility for subsequent major overhauls passed to the separate French developer Tower Five in 2022.
Alongside commissioned development, PlayMagic continues to build original intellectual property. As of November 2026, its announced development slate includes AXION 1986, a retro-futuristic cinematic science-fiction adventure, together with an unannounced squad extraction shooter. This combination of client services and internal projects remains central to its operating model.
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Leadership and origins
- Founder Giuseppe Crugliano serves as CEO and Creative Director.
- Crugliano founded the Italian developer Twelve Games in 2003. That predecessor later closed before he established PlayMagic in Malta, explaining the earlier roots referenced by the current website.
Production practices and platform relationships
- The report identifies PlayMagic as a licensed developer for Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo platforms.
- Following the release of XIII, the studio reorganized its production pipeline, expanded its Guadalajara and remote engineering teams, and refocused on core engineering, platform performance optimization and Unreal Engine 5 development.
Notable credits
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Current and former locations of PlayMagic
- Triq Il-Mosta (Mosta Road)Mosta, Northern Region, Malta
Mosta office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Primary operational headquarters and main studio. Official recruitment places on-site programming, project management and recruitment roles in Mosta.
- Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Guadalajara office
Direct development branch supporting engineering, animation programming and technical art.
- Kyiv, Kyiv city, Ukraine
Kyiv office
Direct development and production hub collaborating with Malta on AAA/AA co-development and art production.
- Msida, Eastern Region, Malta
Msida office
Former officeHistorical registered office preceding the primary studio operations in Mosta; the report supplies no street address or closure date.
- Sliema, Eastern Region, Malta
Sliema office
Former officeHistorical registered office preceding the primary studio operations in Mosta; the report supplies no street address or closure date.
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