The story
Sanzaru Games was founded on November 9, 2006 by a group of seven former Activision developers, mostly from Z-Axis (including Sanzaru CEO Glen Egan), and began operations in January 2007. In addition to the founders, Sanzaru was staffed by other former Z-Axis employees. Their first game was Ninja Reflex, released on March 1, 2008, for PC, Nintendo DS and Wii. Their second game was a port of the High Impact Games developed PlayStation Portable game Secret Agent Clank, released on May 26, 2009, for PlayStation 2. Their third game was a high definition remastered collection of the Sly Cooper games originally developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 2, titled The Sly Collection and released on November 9, 2010, for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Their fourth game was Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident, which they assisted in development with Big Fish Games on, and released on June 27, 2011, for Wii. Their fifth game is Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, which was set to be released late 2012, but was delayed to February 2013. Their latest game was revealed as a remake of Spyro: Year of the Dragon, which was included in the Spyro Reignited trilogy.
On October 10, 2019, the company released Asgard's Wrath, a VR action adventure title on the Oculus Rift.
On February 25, 2020, the company was acquired by Facebook as part of its Oculus Studios.
On January 13, 2026, Sanzaru Games, along with sibling Oculus studios Armature Studio and Twisted Pixel Games, were shut down as part of layoffs at Reality Labs, which includes Oculus Studios.
On May 11, less than four months after Sanzaru's closure, former developer Mat Kraemer announced the formation of Sneaky Devil Studios, with other former Sanzaru staff.
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