Hermit Crab Studio Announces Arcade Game 'Sportia'

October 8th, 2025. Porto Alegre, Brazil | Hermit Crab Studio, a Brazilian independent game studio, announced their newest game, Sportia, a vibrant multi-sport arcade game being developed for PC and Consoles in partnership with Ubisoft. Sportia offers players a wide variety of characters with different skill levels and shapes, allowing them to play in a wide range of sports. The goal here is to build your team based on the sport and compete against others.

"This partnership marks a new chapter for Hermit Crab. After ten years working with iconic sports brands, we’re thrilled to collaborate with a global gaming powerhouse to create our most ambitious game to date”, said Matheus Vivian, Hermit Crab - CEO.

Sportia is being built with the community at its core, reflecting a shared vision between developers and fans. The game will offer a seamless blend of sports gameplay, empowering players to explore different disciplines and harness the strengths of a diverse cast of characters.

“At Ubisoft, we value working with studios that bring both expertise and passion. With Hermit Crab’s deep knowledge of sports games, we found a strong and reliable partner capable of delivering something truly fresh to both the gaming and sports worlds,” said Nicolas Pouard, VP of the Ubisoft Strategic Innovation Lab.

 

Key Features of Sportia include:

• Fun and arcade-like graphics and gameplay
• Diverse game modes
• Customizable and upgradable athletes and teams
• Local multiplayer with co-op and versus game modes
• Single-player story mode
• Explore Sportia: Each area hides more than just a favorite sport—dig deeper and you'll find mini-games and secrets tucked away in every alley!

“After years working alongside global sports brands and renowned IPs, we felt it was time to craft an original experience that reflects who we are. Creating a game that celebrates the rich diversity of our Brazilian culture and passion for sports has been a long-time dream, and now it’s finally coming to life.” said Vitor Leães, Head of Product and Creative Director of Sportia.

Sportia is an utopian land, lost somewhere in space and time, where beings from all worlds, universes, and legends come together to celebrate sport. Mythical creatures, aliens, weekend athletes, robots, and kids from the neighborhood all gather to play, compete, and have fun.

For more information, including trailers, screenshots, and purchase options, please visit the official Sportia website at https://www.sportiagame.com and follow our Social Media channels and Steam’s page.

About Hermit Crab Game Studio

Hermit Crab Game Studio is a Brazilian company focused on customized gaming experiences with the world's greatest sports brands.

The studio started its journey with Football Games, licensing, producing, and developing official games for the biggest football clubs in Europe, like Arsenal, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, and FC Barcelona. With a team of over 80 people and global operations, Hermit Crab creates digital products and games for mobile and sports game experiences at Fortnite, Roblox, and The Sandbox.

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Blood Bowl 3 Reveals Infographic from Last Beta Run!

Lesquin, France, July 5, 2022 – Greetings, sports analysts! The third phase of the Blood Bowl 3 beta came to an end on 12 June, and the feedback from fans has been overwhelmingly positive. Let’s take a look at a few stats from the beta, which saw an abundance of blood, sweat, and tears, along with a heavy dose of stunning successes and failures.

Nearly 11,000 coaches led their teams onto the pitches, with a total of 35,755 hours of game time. The coaches' strategies led to 23,823 touchdowns, 2,668 completed passes, and 216,933 tackles were expertly dodged (though sometimes it was just blind luck).

Speaking of luck, a few coaches had less than their fair share: there were 752 dropped passes, and 26,884 (intentional) fouls were called by the referees - to the crowd’s evident displeasure. Dices do count, but by the end of the day, victory rewards no one but the best tactician!

“What about brutality” you’re asking? There were 224,194 injuries, 4,618 players left the pitch in a coffin, and… 575 team-mates were hurled across several yards by Ogres, Trolls, and Treemen. This is Blood Bowl after all.

Wackier, bloodier, and more spectacular than ever, Blood Bowl 3 is a hit with fans of the universe and strategy games alike. At launch, the game will include 12 teams each with their own pitch and cheerleaders, Solo and Multiplayer modes, and more customization options than any Blood Bowl game has offered before.

Blood Bowl 3 will be available on PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch™ later in 2022.

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About NACON

NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 8 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 20 years of expertise in the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON's position in the market, enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages, and achieves its ambition to become one of the world's leading players in gaming. https://www.nacongaming.com/

About Cyanide Studio

Cyanide is a French video game development studio created in 2000 and based in Nanterre. It has two subsidiaries located in Montreal and Bordeaux. The studio is known for its sports games, such as the popular PC series Pro Cycling Manager and its console version, Tour de France. Cyanide is also the author of Blood Bowl (Sport/Fantasy, 2009), the adaptation of the famous Games Workshop board game; Game of Thrones (RPG, 2012); Styx: Master of Shadows and the sequel Styx: Shards of Darkness (Infiltration, 2014/2017); and Call of Cthulhu, a game adapted from the tormented world of HP Lovecraft (investigative RPG, 2018). Since 2018, NACON, one of Europe's leading video game publishers, holds a 100% stake in the company. More information can be found at www.cyanide-studio.com

About Games Workshop

Games Workshop® Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®: Age of Sigmar® and Warhammer® 40,000® games, miniature soldiers, novels, and model kits through more than 529 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop® or Warhammer®), the www.games-workshop.com web store and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other, related, brands and product ranges (including our publishing division ‘Black Library’ and our special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com.

Blood Bowl 3 © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2020. Blood Bowl 3, Blood Bowl 3 logo, Blood Bowl, the Blood Bowl logo, GW, Games Workshop, Warhammer, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likeness thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world, and used under license. Used under license. All Rights Reserved.

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