NetEase Games establishes new studio Fantastic Pixel Castle to develop AAA MMO

gematsu.com:

NetEase Games has announced the establishment of Fantastic Pixel Castle, a remote-first structured studio led by Greg Street and working on an AAA massively multiplayer online game codenamed “Ghost.”

Street formerly served as World of Warcraft lead systems designer at Blizzard Entertainment, as well as League of Legends executive producer at Riot Games. He is joined by a founding team “with a passion for the massively multiplayer online genre” and decades of experience workong on games such as World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Guild Wars 2, Fortnite, Overwatch, and Valorant.

“With Fantastic Pixel Castle and Ghost, we want to demonstrate our commitment to open communication and development in front of players,” said Fantastic Pixel Castle studio head Greg Street in a press release. “MMOs are arguably one of the most challenging genres of games to make, but we have some big advantages. We are a fully remote studio, allowing us to hire the best game developers, and we plan to stay small, so that we can iterate on our design quickly. We also want to show the game early and often to the community and make sure we are on the right track to incorporate constant feedback. This is possible because NetEase Games is a strategic partner that understands our vision, and gives us the creative autonomy, resources and support to be successful.”

NetEase Games president of global investments and partnerships Simon Zhu added, “Fantastic Pixel Castle is bringing some of the best MMO talent available to NetEase Games to develop this original fantasy IP, and they will have our full support to make this vision a reality.”

Here is the first concept art of “Ghost”:

Fantastic Pixel Castle is actively seeking talent and hiring qualified