Double Eleven may not be a name that everyone is familiar with when it comes to gaming but they’ve been working on some of the largest IPs in the industry. The studio is behind games like Minecraft Dungeons, Rust and Prison Architect. They’ve even recently announced that they will be working on Fallout 76 with Bethesda. However, the most exciting news coming from the game studio is that they’ve opened a new studio in Kuala Lumpur.
The new studio is the next step in Double Eleven’s growth. The studio is headquartered in Teeside, UK and expanded to Malaysia in 2020. Since they’ve grown to a team of over 60 people in Malaysia alone. The studio which previously was located in Bangsar South has now acquired a new home in Mid Valley in Kuala Lumpur.
The new 12,000 square feet location embodies Double Eleven’s ethos of putting people at the forefront. The studio was thoughtfully designed and kitted with equipment, rooms and spaces that a modern game studio would need. The studio features a combination of meeting rooms, breakout spaces, play testing areas and even social areas. Their reception alone is a large social space kitted with a pool table and even free beverages to help relieve the stresses of everyday work.
“We’re excited to celebrate this milestone in expanding our studio’s people-first ethos into Malaysia, creating new opportunities for the highly capable pool of local talents. Combined, both studios position Double Eleven for the future to continue creating and publishing great games,” said
Mark South, COO of Double Eleven.
The new studio in Kuala Lumpur is also an emblem of the studio’s people focused development and management approach of Double Eleven. The company has adopted an anti-crunch stance in light of some of the developments happening in the gaming industry. Talent at Double Eleven enjoy benefits such as flexible start times, paid voluntary overtime and additional leave. These are some of the small changes that have made the studio one of the best employers in the industry.
Double Eleven’s new studio also allows them to adopt a continuous development schedule as teams in the UK and Malaysia work closely and successively according to their timezones. The 24-hour development cycle allows them to better optimise workflows and prevent the much-dreaded crunch. Double Eleven is still growing and is actively recruiting people in both the UK and Malaysia.