Former Epic and Blizzard Veterans Join Forces to Create Lightforge Games™
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New Studio Seeks to Reimagine How RPGs are Played
RALEIGH, N.C., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Longtime Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment developers have united to create Lightforge Games, and they re on a quest to change how RPGs are played. The team is developing a new cross-platform, social video game where players have the power to create worlds and tell stories with unprecedented freedom. We all love highly social, creative games, and we particularly love games where players drive the narrative, CEO Matt Schembari said. We are looking to combine elements from Minecraft or Roblox with tabletop RPGs to form a new way to play roleplaying games. Given our backgrounds, making a game that looks to revolutionize RPGs was an obvious choice.
A group of former Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment developers today announced the formation of their new studio, Lightforge Games.
The remote-working studio is working on a cross-platform game with social elements, with CEO Matt Schembari saying the intent is to combine elements from Minecraft or Roblox with tabletop RPGs to form a new way to play role-playing games.
The studio has received $5 million in backing from a number of investors, including Galaxy Interactive, NetEase Games, Dreamhaven, Maveron, and 1UP Ventures. Lightforge is creating a game in a new space that has a ton of potential, said Dreamhaven CEO and former Blizzard president Mike Morhaime. The team is full of veteran developers, and I m excited about their vision.
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