Indie studios sometimes manage to captivate our hearts with games that stick forever, and what’s better than to see two of them joining forces?

Viking Squad developer, Slick Entertainment, celebrated its ten-year anniversary with a very special announcement. Slick Founder Nick Waanders officially revealed they are joining Don’t Starve developer, Klei Entertianment. Waanders mentioned the relationship between him and Klei’s founder Jamie Cheng, which apparently goes back to when they worked together at Relic Entertainment.

“To many of our fans it will come as no shock that Slick and Klei have a long history that started well before either company was even started. Jamie Cheng and I worked together at Relic Entertainment, and we remained friends after Jamie set off on his own to start Klei. Then the N+ project came along, but Klei had other commitments at the time. So Jamie called me to see if I would want to start a company to do the project, and this is how Slick Entertainment was started. “Over the years we have worked together on numerous occasions. We watched Klei grow from a small startup to a professional studio with an amazing level of quality, support and community. With us joining Klei, we intend to extend those qualities to the games we’ve released. We’ll mainly be working on making great new games, but don’t worry, we’ll still support the current games. “Lastly, and most importantly; I’d like to thank all of you for the decade of support. It’s been an amazing journey and we couldn’t have done it without you!”

We can’t wait to see what these great minds will bring to us next.