Ex Diablo and World of Warcraft Devs Form Gas Giant Games to Create New ARPG; To be Shown to Investors at GDC
Former Diablo and World of Warcraft developers Julian Love and Jay Wilson have formed a new development studio, Gas Giant Games.
The news was announced through an official press release earlier today. Aside from Wilson and Love, THQs former Senior Vice President of Business Development and Director at Walt Disney Company, Dan Kelly, will serve as Chairman at the freshly-founded studio working on a new ARPG.
The studio aims to "build extraordinary entertaining games that provide kick-ass fun for us and our players". At the time of writing, the development team at Gas Giant Games consists of developers from various AAA franchises, including Dying Light, Dragon Age, Diablo, Overwatch, Gears of War, Cyberpunk 2077, World of Warcraft, Kingdom Hearts, Company of Heroes, and Warhammer Space Marine.
“Julian and I have together, and separately, delivered some of the best action, RPG, and strategy systems the game industry has ever seen", Jay Wilson explained upon the announcement of his new studio. I felt we could create new, outstanding game experiences if we teamed up, gathered the best developers we know, and applied those skills to games and game genres that we’re passionate about.”
"Action, RPG, and strategy systems are building blocks that can enhance just about any genre of game, and the past work of Gas Giant’s growing team shows they have the experience to know when, where, and how to use them", the rest of the official press release reads. "Surrounded by the best talent in the industry, Jay and Julian have brought in veterans from massively successful titles including Kingdom Hearts, Company of Heroes, Overwatch, Dragon Age 2, Space Marine, Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light, Gears of War... and more. The team has spent the past
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