Founded in 2011 by Derek MacNeil, Shyang Kong and Steven Silvester formerly from EA Vancouver,[2] they are mostly known for their work with Xbox Game Studios on the Halo, Age of Empires and Minecraft franchises.

SkyBox Labs co-founders, Derek MacNeil, Shyang Kong and Steven Silvester worked together at EA Vancouver from 2004 to 2010 on the FIFA, Need for Speed, NBA Live and NHL franchises, where MacNeil was development director while Kong was senior producer and Silvester technical director, when they decided to set up an independent studio in Burnaby, Vancouver.

[8] Their next work was a simulation, sandbox video game called Project Spark, co-developed with Team Dakota and published by Microsoft Studios.

SkyBox Labs then developed and self-published Parade Runner for iOS and Android, which was released on April 9, 2015.

Company is also working on a PC game called Lethal Tactics, which was released in Early Access on Steam on May 20, 2015.