The studio used Unreal Engine 3 for their first game, working with Epic Games' engineering team which leading to Epic extending Dontnod's UE3 evaluation and has since used the engine for all of its games. Originally based in Quartier des Quinze-Vingts in the 12th arrondissement, the studio moved into a new office in Quartier de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement to accommodate the company's growth in late 2008. 'Dontnod' is a palindrome devised by co-founder Alain Damasio.

History Dontnod developers receiving an award for Life Is Strange at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards, with directors Raoul Barbet and Michel Koch and producer Luc Baghadoust presentĭontnod Entertainment was founded by Hervé Bonin, Aleksi Briclot, Alain Damasio, Oskar Guilbert and Jean-Maxime Moris on, alongside other former Criterion Games, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts staff. With the help of French agency funding, it developed Life Is Strange (episodically in 2015), whose successful release raised Don't Nod's industry status. Because of its poor return on investment, Don't Nod entered 'judicial reorganisation' in 2013. Founded in June 2008, it started development on Remember Me (2013).

Don't Nod Entertainment SA ( trade name: Don't Nod, formerly Dontnod Entertainment) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris.

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