Ko-op Mode

About

KO_OP (Ko-op Mode) is a worker-owned independent video game studio in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 2012 by Saleem Dabbous and Bronson Zgeb and run as a worker co-op, with every full-time employee becoming a co-owner after a year. It describes itself on site as a 'worker-run game studio' inspired by indie record labels, with a stated mission of changing industry labour practices. Its catalogue is entirely digital and console work: Lara Croft GO: The Mirror of Spirits (2016, with Square Enix Montreal), GNOG (2017, an IGF Excellence in Visual Art finalist), Winding Worlds (2020), and Ridiculous F…