Middlesbrough games studio Radical Forge creates jobs with £2.6m funding

A computer games firm founded by two Teesside University graduates seven years ago has landed £2.6m of investment that will lead to new jobs.

Radical Forge, which already employs about 70 people in Middlesbrough, will create 15 roles following the injection from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, via Mercia Equity Finance. Its bosses say the move comes as the Boho Five-based firm is gearing up to take on new and larger contracts as it also prepares to launch its own game, the "weird farming meets silly physics" Southfield, early next year.

Founders Bruce Slater and Freddie Babord set up Radical Forge in 2017 in an effort to take what they say was an alternative approach to building and running a studio. Since then, it has grown and contributed to games such as Sea of Thieves, Gang Beasts, Golf With Your Friends and Zombie Army 4.

It also produces its own titles and has rece