Apocalypse Studios raises seed funding from Tyr for Deadhaus Sonata game
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Denis Dyack‘s Apocalypse Studios has raised a round of seed funding from Tyr Ventures for its Deadhaus Sonata game.
Dyack said the company is beginning production for Deadhaus Sonata, which is a narrative-driven action role-playing game built for the cloud from the ground up.
Founded in 2018, Apocalypse Studios is a cloud-first, metaverse-first, multiplatform, and metaplayer title. That’s a lot of buzzwords, and we’ll get to them in a bit. The company didn’t disclose how much it raised.
Apocalypse Studios started out using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine, and it made the transition to the Open 3D Engine as Amazon agreed to open source the technology.
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Initially launching on PC, the game will support all major platforms. Deadhaus Sonata will feature interactive streaming, connecting the players around the world in a meaningful way through asynchronous multiplayer where the player and audiences watching the player all take part. Players can create content in the game for the rest of the community, and, if they choose to do so, monetize that content. Deadhaus Sonata already has a sizable and active community that is contributing to the lore of the game, said Dyack in an interview with GamesBeat.
“I’ve always been a big believer in the medium is the message. And back in the day, when we were creating things like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, or Eternal Darkness, and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes — those were the typical single-player era titles where gamers would sit in front of
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