Team of former developers Blizzard And epic games were created Lightforge Game, A new independent company focusing on RPG. “The team said it wanted to work on a cross-platform social game in which players have the power to create worlds and tell stories with unprecedented freedom.”
Lightforge Game Matt Schambery (former UI director, epic game), Dan Hertzka, Nathan Fairbanks (former project manager and former producer, in bioware, genimax online and epic games respectively), Glenn Rane (former art director, blizzard), and Mark Hutchinson (blizzard and Former Brand Manager and Marketing Director at Epic Games). These developers have worked on World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Overwatch, Fortnight and The Elder Scrolls Online. The team also welcomed other former blizzard developers such as Bridget Collins and Jared Everson.
The CEO Lightforge Games said: “We love games that are very social and creative, and we love games that define players’ story. It was an obvious choice. ”
“Revolution RPGs “is the most common and most provocative definition. For now, it’s a hope: we need to see what emerges from Lightforge games in the future. Roblox is notable, however, we are talking about one of the biggest hits in recent years with Minecraft. , Like a platform to create and play.
Founded by former Blizzard founder Mike Morheim, who claims to be Lightforge games, the studio has raised $ 5 million from investors, including indie developer and publisher. Possible“.
Meanwhile, Blizzard is fighting with Fox in seeking the rights to the “Diablo” brand.
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