How Iron Galaxy is expanding both work- for-hire and original titles
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Last week, Iron Galaxy Studios announced that it would open a new game studio in Nashville, Tennessee. You can chalk that up to the boom in gaming during the pandemic, as well as the company’s own good fortunes in the work-for-hire and original games business.
Iron Galaxy will invest more than $950,000 to set up the office and hire more than 100 people for the Nashville studio, which is the third such studio for the company which also has offices in Chicago and Orlando. I caught up with the leaders of Iron Galaxy — founder Dave Lang, and co-CEOS Chelsea Blasko and Adam Boyes — to talk about the expansion. We met during the DICE Summit in Las Vegas.
Founded in 2008, Iron Galaxy has shipped more than 65 titles to date across 10 platforms in partnership with 20 game publishers. And today, the company has more than 250 people.
On top of its work-for-hire business, the company has made original titles like Divekick and Wreckateer. And it is working on Rumbleverse. That title pushed back some, as it was supposed to launch on February 15. But the company is working on bringing it to the finish line.
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Iron Galaxy also announced that, in the past year, 33% of the company’s hires have been people of color. About 6% of its staff is Black, compared to 2% for the industry average. About 20% of the staff are women and 16% are LGBTQ+. The company also has won these accolades: Great Places to Work’s Best Places in Chicago 2021, a Best Place to Work by GamesIndustry.biz and a Top Workplaces USA 2022winner.
Since joining Iron Galaxy, Rejess has been instrumental in setting the agenda and defining the strategy
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