US developer North Beach Games has opened a brand new studio in Prague. 

The imaginatively named North Beach Games Prague is being headed up by Sam Edwards, the chief technology officer of Stranded Deep maker Beam Team Games and Tomáš Pšenička from Keen Software. 

This new Czech studio is going to be working on Stranded Deep 2.

"We’re super excited to be kicking off the development of Stranded Deep 2 with our new development team, North Beach Games Prague,” Edwards said. 

"Tomáš and his talented team will be a great partner to build out the studio as we look to the future of the franchise and explore new horizons."

North Beach Games CEO John Miller added: "We couldn’t be more excited to bring Sam and Tomáš into the North Beach Games fold, heading up our new Prague development studio. We’ve worked with both of them for years as partners, so to all be on the same team is a great feeling and will allow us to do even more exciting work together in the survival crafting space. After all of the volatility in the market and industry for the past year, the time feels right to start this next chapter of our business, carving our own path towards a positive future for our company."