Room 8 Group

Room 8 Group is an independent external video game development group and co-development partner founded in Kyiv in 2011. It supports publishers and developers across the production lifecycle, combining full-cycle development with specialist art, engineering, porting, cinematics, and quality-assurance capabilities.

Its work spans PC, console, mobile, and VR/XR projects, serving AAA, AA, indie, and interactive-simulation markets. The group’s delivery model brings together multidisciplinary teams across Europe, North America, and South America for both standalone production and embedded co-development engagements.

Development and technology

Room 8 Group provides game development, co-development, feature development, prototyping, level design, DLC and expansion support, remakes, remasters, and LiveOps. Its technology services include Unreal Engine 5 development, gameplay engineering, AI behavior systems, backend and multiplayer infrastructure, rendering, tools development, performance optimization, platform certification, and technical porting.

Art, cinematics, and QA

The group also delivers art direction, concept art, 3D characters and environments, vehicles, weapons, UI/UX, animation, and game VFX. Its trailers and cinematics offering covers CG trailers, gameplay trailers, in-game cutscenes, and user-acquisition videos. Quality-assurance services include functional, compatibility, performance, localization, compliance, certification, LiveOps, and test-automation work.

Room 8 Group streamlined its brand architecture in 2024 and 2025. PUGA Studios and Massive Black were unified into Room 8 Studio as a global art-production vertical, while Dragons Lake and Solid Bash were consolidated under the Room 8 Group brand for Game Development and Technology. The resulting structure also includes Heroic for trailers and cinematics, alongside QA services.

Selected work includes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & III, Diablo IV, Alan Wake 2, Crusader Kings III, Outriders, Life Is Strange: True Colors, The Crew Motorfest, Godfall, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, RoboCop: Rogue City, Control, and Microsoft Flight Simulator.