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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 can be based mostly in Sweden, the builders themselves can work full distant. The crew 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. For the time being, Wayfinder has 18 members of its employees. In accordance with Wayfinder, they’ll not solely supply everlasting remote-work choices, however a extra wholesome setting geared in direction of sustainability.
Fia Tjernberg, Wayfinder’s CEO, mentioned in an announcement, “Our crew members have created some superb video games over the previous decade and we’re thrilled to assemble such a extremely skilled and gifted crew. We’re on a mission to make Wayfinder Video games an exquisite, values-driven place to work and along with our devoted companions, we’re dedicated to maintain evolving how we collaborate in a completely distant setting.”
Wayfinder’s traders and companions embody Makers Fund, Behold Ventures and Dreamhaven. Archie Stonehill, principal at Makers Fund, mentioned, “Wayfinder Video games is a shining instance of what a contemporary, modern developer could be… We imagine 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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