Lightforge Games Founded By Epic And Blizzard Devs

<p>Former developers from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;epic-games-unveils-the-unreal-engine-5&sol;">Epic Games<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;blizzards-attitude-towards-blitzchung-is-outrageous-but-not-surprising&sol;">Blizzard<&sol;a> have formed Lightforge Games&comma; a new studio that seeks to change how RPGs are played&period; Their new project is a cross-platform social game that aims to give players the power to create worlds and tell stories with unprecedented freedom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We all love highly social&comma; creative games&comma; and we particularly love games where players drive the narrative&period; We are looking to combine elements from Minecraft or Roblox with tabletop RPGs to form a new way to play roleplaying games&period; Given our backgrounds&comma; making a game that looks to revolutionize RPGs was an obvious choice&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; CEO <span class&equals;"xn-person">Matt Schembari<&sol;span><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&dollar;5 million was raised with investments from Galaxy Interactive&comma; NetEase Games&comma; Dreamhaven&comma; Maveron&comma; 1Up Ventures&comma; and angel investors from the gaming and tech industries&period; Dreamhaven CEO Mike Morhaime described their game as having tons of potential&comma; and being excited to see what this team of veterans can produce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"transparent" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;uploads-ssl&period;webflow&period;com&sol;5f7ceeab73ae2c43b442958a&sol;609a94ad18bde40ec62130f8&lowbar;blogthumb&period;PNG" alt&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;uploads-ssl&period;webflow&period;com&sol;5f7ceeab73ae2c43b442958a&sol;609a94ad18bde40ec62130f8&lowbar;blogthumb&period;PNG" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">A Team Of Veterans<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Lightforge was founded by industry veterans Matt Schembari&comma; Dan Hertzka&comma; Nathan Fairbanks&comma; Glenn Rane&comma; and Marc Hutcheson&period; Additionally&comma; six experienced developers have since been added to the team&period; The team collectively brings experience from Epic&comma; Blizzard&comma; Riot&comma; Bioware and Zenimax Online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; the studio is all-remote&comma; meaning their workers can work and live pretty much anywhere&period; Matt Schembari explained their decision&period; &&num;8220&semi;Empathy for players and developers alike is at the core of everything we do&period; Building a fully remote company allows each team member to live wherever is best for their life situation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lightforge Games is currently hiring&comma; so anyone looking to contribute can check out their <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lightforge&period;gg&sol;careers" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">career page<&sol;a>&period; They are currently looking for influencers and community managers&comma; a lead 3D character artist&comma; and a lead animator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In conclusion&comma; hopefully their work environment means this will be a good studio to work for&period; So no doubt it will be exciting what this new social game entails&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>So what do you think of the studio&quest; Is this a project you&&num;8217&semi;re excited for&quest; Let us know in the comments&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;