Film and TV production firm Phipen Studios launches games publisher
gamesindustry.bizPhipen Studios, a US-based film and TV production company, is breaking into the video games sector with a new publishing business, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal.
Phipen Games will be run by Molly Conners, who is also the COO and co-founder of Phipen Studios, who told us the movie firm has previously invested in selected games projects in the past and was keen to do something more in the space.
"We realized that there are a lot of similarities in the way the games and film industries work, and we found that we could bring a lot of our experience in film and project management to game developers," she said.
"By applying a very similar model to games as we do with our film projects, we can help them to launch their games successfully while still retaining a fair and equitable stake in their intelectual property."
Phipen Studios has primarily worked on independent film and TV, but some of the projects it has been involved with have some big names attached; last year's drama Daddio starred Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson, and the company has contributed to Wish You Were Here, the directional debut for actress Julia Stiles.
Conners is confident that the experience Phipen has gained through working on various films and TV series will help it contend with the challenges of bringing new video games to market.
"Film is very fast paced, so adhering to timelines and budgets is crucial in order to release on time while properly balancing both creative (the film’s writer/creator) and business (the project investors)," she explained.
"Our experience in running these projects, releasing on time, respecting the art and satisfying investors has built a reputation for us that we can transfer directly to games. We’ve built a great extended team of games industry veterans to help with this. Additionally, we have the unique ability to look at projects with transmedia potential right out of the gate and include that in our plan if it’s a good fit."
Phipen Games' debut title will be Ruffy and the
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