North Beach Games has announced the launch of North Beach Games Prague, a new development arm based in Prague, Czech Republic.

The new Prague studio will develop the newly announced Stranded Deep 2, sequel to their original survival crafting game.

North Beach Games Prague is led by CTO and original Stranded Deep creator Sam Edwards from Beam Team Games, as well as General Manager Tomáš Pšenička (Keen Software House, creator of Space Engineers). The core development team will mostly work on-site at the new studio, while supporting some staff remotely.

“We’re super excited to be kicking off the development of Stranded Deep 2 with our new development team, North Beach Games Prague,” said Sam Edwards, Creative Director and Chief Technology Officer of North Beach Games. “Tomáš and his talented team will be a great partner to build out the studio as we look to the future of the franchise and explore new horizons.”

North Beach Games CEO John Miller added, “We couldn’t be more excited to bring Sam and Tomáš into the North Beach Games fold, heading up our new Prague development studio. We’ve worked with both of them for years as partners, so to all be on the same team is a great feeling and will allow us to do even more exciting work together in the survival crafting space. After all of the volatility in the market and industry for the past year, the time feels right to start this next chapter of our business, carving our own path towards a positive future for our company.”