Ska Studios

Ska Studios LLC
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustryVideo games
Founded2007
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington,
US
Key people
James Silva[1]
Number of employees
2
SubsidiariesDevoured Studios
Websiteska-studios.com

Ska Studios is an independent game development studio founded by James Silva in 2007 after winning a contract to publish The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai to Xbox Live Arcade.[2] Ska Studios has released four Metacritic-aggregated console games since then, more than any similarly sized studio.[3] Ska Studios currently consists of James Silva.[4]

The studio is well known in indie gaming for its art style, which is described as cartoonish, grim, and gory,[5] and its games' tight controls.[6] Many of the studio's games are strongly inspired by modern action titles, such as Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden Black, and Dark Souls.[7]

  1. ^ Ska Studios About Page
  2. ^ "MS offers deals to four XNA devs". Gamespot. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ska Studios". Metacritic. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Official Ska Studios Twitter Account". Twitter. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Review: Salt and Sanctuary by Ska Studios". IndieHangover. April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  6. ^ "'Salt and Sanctuary': A Worthwhile, 2D 'Souls' Successor - Quad Nine". Quad Nine. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "james silva". don't die. February 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.