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With Blizzard having shed a lot of key talent in recent years due to layoffs and other leavings at the company, a lot of major players have moved into either other major studios, or formed studios of their own. We’ve seen a couple major groups spring up already, but another was just formed from former veterans of Blizzard Entertainment, Epic Games, and more. Lightforge Games has opened its doors as a new studio set to specialize in RPGs and has apparently started on a cross-platform “social...

Former Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment developers have established Lightforge Games. The team wants to change how RPGs [...]

by WRAL TechWire — May 12, 2021 . RALEIGH – Video game startup Lightforge Games, armed with $5 million raised in equity financing from 10 investors in December, and equipped with team of game developers, seeks to change how role-playing games (RPGs) are played. The team, led by CEO Matt Schembari, who is the former director of user interface for Epic Games, is working on what it called in a statement “a new cross-platform social video game where players have the power to create worlds.�...

Former Epic and Blizzard Veterans Join Forces to Create Lightforge Games™ News provided by Share this article 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 theyre 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 unpreceden...

); } The pandemic-era trend of all-remote studios with triple-A alumni forges onward. Today a band of Epic Games & Blizzard Entertainment alumni announced the formation of Lightforge Games, a new all-remote studio dedicated to “changing how RPGs are played” In a press release, CEO Matt Schrembi states that Lightforge Games has begun development on a cross-platform social video game where players “have the power to create worlds and tell stories with unprecedented freedom.” The pitch is ...