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Former Riot Games executives establish new studio The Believer Company to develop ‘next-generation open-world game’
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The Believer Company, a new studio headquartered in Los Angeles and led by former Riot Games executives, has announced its establishment with $55 million in Series A Funding from Bitkraft Ventures, Riot Games, 1Up Ventures, Don Thompson’s Cleveland Avenue, Michael D. Eisner’s Tornante Company, and other venture partners. It is currently developing a “next-generation open-world game” based on an original intellectual property, where player choices matter, and gameplay systems “bring players together rather than [push] them apart.”
The stduio’s leadership team includes:
Michael Chow as CEO – Former Riot Games vice president, former executive producer on League of LEgends: Wild Rift, and co-founder of Words with Friends developer Newtoy Steven Snow as chief product officer – Founding member of Riot Games who built the studio’s player-focused culture and former executive producer of League of Legends Landon McDowell as chief technology officer – Formerly of Microsoft, Riot Games, Linden Lab Jeremy Vanhoozer as chief corporate officer – Formerly of Bungie, Electronic Arts Tim Hsu as chief operating officer – Formerly of Twitter, Riot Games Shankar Gupta-Harrison as chief managing officer – Formerly of Riot Games, Dentsu X Grace Park as director of operations – formerly of League of Legends: Wild Rift Jeff Jew as vice president of design – Formerly of League of Legends, Legends of RuneterraFind comments from The Believer Company’s founders and supporters below.
Visit the company’s official website here.
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