Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz recently, Blind Squirrel CEO and founder Brad Hendricks says creating new IP was the initial idea when the studio was founded 11 years ago, but there was a good reason to put it off so long. "In the back of my head, I wanted to be a studio putting out some really great IP, but I also realized it was a small studio," Hendricks says. "I didn't have the draw. I didn't have the pedigree like some of these guys who come out of really big studios where they can start a company and get funded immediately and bring in great talent."