Will Wright’s Gallium Studios raises $6M to build memory game Proxi
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Gallium Studios, an independent game studio founded by legendary video game designers Will Wright (The Sims, Sim City, Spore) and Lauren Elliott (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego), has raised $6 million in funding to help develop simulation games that utilize blockchain technology.
Gallium’s first projects include VoxVerse, which Wright helped design for Gala Games, and Proxi, a memory simulation game. Both use the blockchain tech in some way. The financing was provided by Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the world’s largest venture funds specializing in gaming.
Wright and Elliot founded Gallium Studios to make creator-oriented simulation games that seamlessly incorporate the latest Web3 and AI technologies. I interviewed Wright and Elliott about their work, and once again Wright is taking games into territory where they have never gone before.
Wright said the partnership with Griffin will give the company the freedom to concentrate on core entertainment experiences that they’re passionate about building. He said the company is excited about operating on the forefront of new technologies, though Wright’s idea of blockchain is different from those supporting non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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This new investment provides Gallium Studios with the resources to grow the team, forge new partnerships, and deliver unique simulation experiences from the minds of some of the most successful designers in the
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