It’s been a topsy turvy year for Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour Interactive, which has released two spin-offs, laid off dozens of workers and shut down a studio that was working on another offshoot of its tentpole project.

Red Hook has been hooked. The Darkest Dungeon dev has been acquired by Behaviour Interactive, the company behind Dead By Daylight. Which would, in an ideal world, be good news: A mutually beneficial arrangement that gets Red Hook the support it needs to make new games and that gives Behaviour a stake in them.

Dead By Daylight developers Behaviour Interactive have announced that they're acquiring Red Hook, the creators of

The development studio responsible for Darkest Dungeon has been acquired by Behaviour Interactive after closing Midwinter Entertainment.

Behaviour Interactive is buying Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios. Sharing the news today, Behavious - known for its work on multiplayer survival game Dead by Daylight - said Red Hook will remain a "fully independent studio under the Behaviour banner" and was "ecstatic" about the acquisition.

Behaviour Interactive has acquired Red Hook Studios for an undisclosed sum. Vancouver, Canada-based Red Hook is the developer of 2016’s gothic roguelike RPG Darkest Dungeon and its sequel Darkest Dungeon 2, which hit PC last year and consoles this summer.