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A number of former workers of EA DICE and Embark Studios this week revealed their new studio, Wayfinder Video games. Whereas the primary workplace shall be based mostly in Sweden, the builders themselves can work full distant. The group plans to create a roleplaying recreation, combining concepts from each single-player video games, MMOs and tabletop campaigns.
The staff of the brand new studio embody builders who’ve labored on Minecraft, Star Wars Battlefront and Indignant Birds. In the meanwhile, Wayfinder has 18 members of its employees. In line with Wayfinder, they’ll not solely supply everlasting remote-work choices, however a extra wholesome surroundings geared in the direction of sustainability.
Fia Tjernberg, Wayfinder’s CEO, stated in a press release, “Our group members have created some superb video games over the previous decade and we’re thrilled to assemble such a extremely skilled and proficient group. We’re on a mission to make Wayfinder Video games a beautiful, values-driven place to work and along with our devoted companions, we’re dedicated to maintain evolving how we collaborate in a totally distant surroundings.”
Wayfinder’s traders and companions embody Makers Fund, Behold Ventures and Dreamhaven. Archie Stonehill, principal at Makers Fund, stated, “Wayfinder Video games is a shining instance of what a contemporary, modern developer will be… We consider the expertise they’ve attracted is a testomony to this tradition and we at Makers are excited, and grateful, to be a part of it.”
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