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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 videogame.” Lightforge Games officially came into being just recently, having announced its openi...

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.” The company was co-founded by gaming industry veterans Schembari, Dan Hertzka, Nathan Fairbanks, ...

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 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 playe...

'); } 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 that this game would be an intersection with tabletop RPGs combined with the worldbuilding and play...