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Lego Digital Play acquires ForthStar Games "to bring Lego to the prominence it truly deserves on mobile"

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Lego Digital Play acquires ForthStar Games "to bring Lego to the prominence it truly deserves on mobile"

Lego Digital Play has acquired mobile studio ForthStar Games for an undisclosed sum.

ForthStar Games was co-founded by Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby in 2024. Previously, they co-founded three successful mobile game studios including BattleMail, Rockpool Games, and Playdemic.

Playdemic was sold to Electronic Arts for $1.4 billion in 2021. It was one of the biggest UK game acquisitions at the time.

ForthStar operated in stealth mode until 2023. Based in Manchester, the company began with 14 Playdemic alumni, and has since grown to 30 employees. ForthStar secured $10 million in funding from Griffin Game Partners.

Following the acquisition, ForthStar will remain in Manchester. Gouge will serve as head of games at Lego Digital Play, while Rigby will continue to lead ForthStar.

"When we look at the mobile market, it is the most democratic market where all the world's gamers are, and it's where we can reach kids of all ages in every country on the globe," Lego Digital Play president Aaron Leob told GamesBeat.

"Our commitment is bringing play to everyone around the world. This is probably the best place we can start what we're doing with Lego Digital Play, and ForthStar is a fantastic group for us to bring in to do that."

Gouge: "We started ForthStar as a studio to really continue to push for excellence. All that experience we built up over that time frame really came to fruition in ForthStar."

"When this opportunity arose, we leapt at it because it gives us an opportunity to work with Aaron and this group, and me more widely with the studios group, and try to really bring Lego to the prominence that it truly deserves on mobile."


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