Our story

Award-winning

BossAlien, a NaturalMotion studio, was founded in 2011 and is a collective of video game professionals with backgrounds spanning top franchise across mobile, console, and PC. Our award-winning debut title, CSR Racing, helped define a new genre for mobile gaming, and smashed critical reviews and revenue records for the App Store.  We’re currently developing our first Star Wars game for mobile and Nintendo Switch, Star Wars: Hunters™.

For the past six consecutive years, NaturalMotion studios have been named one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards.

The importance of fun

Our studio is home to tight-knit group of ambitious, intelligent, and playful developers that values balancing the incredible quality of life that Brighton offers with the drive and passion necessary to make truly amazing games together. That professionalism allows BossAlien to operate as a zero -crunch studio, a family-first attitude, and a relaxed working environment. We also offer the creature comforts you expect from a premier game developer, including a well stocked kitchen pantry (including drinks, fruit, snacks and more), free weekly lunches (on select in-studio days), seasonal parties, social events and regular Happy Hours.

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Our values

Be proud
Aim high
Stay hungry
Be honest

Awards

Winner - Best Places to Work 2023
Winner - Best Places to Work 2022
Winner - Best Places to Work 2021
Winner - Best Places to Work 2020
Winner - Best Places to Work 2019
Winner - Best Places to Work 2018
Winner - Game Dev Hero - Management 2018
Winner - Best In-House Studio 2013
Winner - TIGA - Best Casual Game 2012

Our history

September 2001 First funding NaturalMotion received its first, pre-incorporation seed funding of £25,000 from Oxford university in September 2001.
October 2001 NaturalMotion Limited Incorporated Incorporated by Torsten Reil in Oxford, England.
February 2007 Morpheme Launched NaturalMotion’s run-time animation product, Morpheme, is the industry’s first graphically authorable animation engine. Morpheme is the most widely used animation engine in the console and PC games industry.
September 2009 Backbreaker: Tackle Alley - Worldwide Release First game iOS/Android - Only a Few Have Left Tackle Alley 'Alive'. The Backbreaker series goes on to be downloaded over 7 million times.
June 2010 Backbreaker NaturalMotion's first venture into the sports arena on Console PS3/Xbox360.
December 2010 Backbreaker 2: Vengeance & Jenga - Worldwide Release NaturalMotion reveals two new games for iPhone, iPod touch and iOS: Backbreaker 2: Vengeance, sequel to the multi-million selling title for iPhone, and the skill game Jenga, based on the wildly popular block tower game.
June 2011 Icebreaker - Worldwide Release He shoots, he scores! Icebreaker takes the fastest sport on Earth and cranks it up… Backbreaker style!
August 2011 NFL Rivals - Worldwide Release NaturalMotion strikes a deal with the National Football League, allowing you to play as one of the 32 NFL teams on iOS.
September 2011 MyHorse - Worldwide Release Our First free to play game: My Horse lets users live the dream of owning and looking after their own realistic horse. Featuring jaw-dropping visuals and accessible yet deep gameplay, users spend time with their horse in authentic 3D environments.
June 2012 CSR - Worldwide Release CSR - the first in the series of ultimate street drag racing, was one of the top 10 grossing games on iOS in 2012.
August 2012 BossAlien acquired NaturalMotion acquires Brighton based developer Boss Alien, after collaborating on CSR Racing.
October 2013 CSR Classics - Worldwide Release CSR Classics is the follow-up title to the successful CSR Racing, drag race classic cars from the 1950s to the 1980s.
November 2013 Clumsy Ninja - Worldwide Release Clumsy Ninja released on iOS and Android. Within its first week of release, Clumsy Ninja was downloaded more than 10 million times.
February 2014 Zynga aquisition Zynga acquires NaturalMotion for $527m to provide next-generation technology and tools; expanding Zynga’s creative pipeline and accelerating planned mobile growth.
June 2016 CSR2 - Worldwide Release CSR2 released for iPhone and Android, setting a new standard in visuals, CSR2 delivers hyper-real drag racing to the palm of your hand.
December 2016 Dawn Of Titans - Worldwide Release Dawn of Titans released on iOS and Android, immersing players in a breathtaking, high-fantasy world where they build their own kingdoms and wage war with epic titans.
January 2017 CSR2 become a smash hit CSR2 garners more than 1 million 5-star reviews and becomes the #1 Top Grossing Racing Game in over 50 countries.
August 2018 The force is strong with NaturalMotion Multi-year licensing agreement signed with Disney to develop new Star Wars games.
October 2018 Best Places to Work 2018 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards
September 2019 Best Places to Work 2019 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards
2020 Joined the #RaisetheGame pledge #RaiseTheGame is designed to inspire meaningful, cultural and behavioural change in all games businesses, companies and organisations
September 2020 Best Places to Work 2020 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards
2021 Became Women in Games Corporate Ambassador The program consists of a worldwide network of studios, companies & organisations who are aligned and engaged with the WiG agenda to support, empower and celebrate female talent in the games industry
September 2021 Best Places to Work 2021 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards
2022 Take-Two and Zynga Combine Take-Two completes its acquisition of Zynga. “Combining Zynga’s expertise in mobile and next-generation platforms with Take-Two’s best-in-class capabilities and intellectual property will enable us to further advance our mission to connect the world through games while achieving significant growth and synergies together”
September 2022 Best Places to Work 2022 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry for the 5th year in a row, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards
September 2023 Best Places to Work 2023 NaturalMotion Games named as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry for the 6th year in a row, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards

Come work with us

We innovate to create immersive, blockbuster experiences that delight our players. We take pride in making titles that reach a large audience and in creating communities that last. If you want to be part of this we want to hear from you.

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