It’s been a topsy turvy year for Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour Interactive, which has released two spin-offs, laid off dozens of workers and shut down a studio that was working on another offshoot of its tentpole project.

Red Hook has been hooked. The Darkest Dungeon dev has been acquired by Behaviour Interactive, the company behind Dead By Daylight. Which would, in an ideal world, be good news: A mutually beneficial arrangement that gets Red Hook the support it needs to make new games and that gives Behaviour a stake in them.

Dead By Daylight developers Behaviour Interactive have announced that they're acquiring Red Hook, the creators of

Behaviour Interactive has added a development studio to their portfoilio today, as they announced the acquirement of Red Hook Studios

The development studio responsible for Darkest Dungeon has been acquired by Behaviour Interactive after closing Midwinter Entertainment.

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has acquired Red Hook Studios for an undisclosed amount. The latter is the Vancouver-based studio best known for the Darkest Dungeon series, which has sold nearly seven million copies.