Onoma

Onoma

Onoma (formerly Square Enix Montréal) is a video game developer based in Montreal and part of Embracer Group. It created the Go series of turn-based puzzle games for mobile devices based on former Eidos Interactive intellectual properties. Founding under Square Enix Europe in 2011, it was headed by Lee Singleton until Patrick Naud took over in 2013. It became part of Embracer Group in 2022, changing its name to Onoma in October 2022. Founded in November 2011 as a traditional studio with plans to create a new Hitman series game for consoles and employ several hundred people, its mandate changed in 2013 when it became its parent company's choice studio to produce mobile games, beginning with the Hitman franchise. The company developed prototypes for two mobile Hitman games, which became the board game-inspired puzzle game Hitman Go (2014) and the shooter Hitman: Sniper (2015). The commercial success of the latter and the critical success of the former led to two additional titles in the Go series: Lara Croft Go (2015), based on the Tomb Raider series, and Deus Ex Go (2016), based on the Deus Ex series. The company also has a secondary studio in London (formerly Square Enix London Mobile) that primarily focuses on publishing and external development.

Update this biography »
Complete biography of Onoma »