Following its rapid growth, Amber’s expansion now includes offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as Montreal, Canada, Guadalajara, Mexico, as well as capital city Bucharest and the town of Botosani in Romania.
The new Ukrainian studio aims to be the best partner in AAA (high-value games) and PC game development in the country. It will be run by Matthew Manorovitz who joins Amber as General Manager of Amber Ukraine. A 17-year veteran in the gaming industry, Manolobits recently served as Studio Production Manager for Ubisoft Odesa, with extensive work experience built with a large cross-cutting AAA production team with a strong collaborative mindset.
Amber aims to rapidly expand its presence in Ukraine with the goal of growing to more than 60 people by the end of 2022. The studio looks for professionals willing to work in an international company and to contribute to cutting-edge technology and grow a strong team of highly skilled and passionate developers.
In the first six months of 2021, Amber recorded record sales of RON50 million (USD$11.5 million), up 45% compared to the same period in 2020. Amber estimates sales of RON130 million (USD$30 million) for the full year 2021, up 51% compared to 2020. The Amber Studio team has more than 900 employees working on two continents from offices in Bucharest, Botosani, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Guadalajara and Kyiv.
Amber was founded in 2013, is headquartered in Bucharest and its customers include, among others, Disney, Paradox Interactive, Rovio, NBC Universal, Kixeye, Glu, Kabam and That Game Company.