A group of former developers of spawn has announced that they have officially created a new game studio under the name of Wildlight Entertainment.
In recent years, several spin-off studios have sprung up from large video game companies, such as Maverick Games, from former Forza Horizon developers. Wildlight seems to be the latest addition to this list.
Although the new studio has yet to share any more details about what’s to come, former Respawn developers have indicated that they are working on a shooter. Shooters have often been a popular category in the gaming world for decades, and this popularity only seems to have grown thanks in part to successful game-as-a-service franchises like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, and Apex Legends. , among other.
Apex Legends recently reached a new all-time high in player numbers, a sign that the genre continues to generate a lot of excitement among gamers. What to expect from the old Respawn team remains to be seen, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that the studio would be keen to bring an equally popular title to life.
The official study has been made public today by the newly formed Wildlight Entertainment team on social media, although it has been reported that the study has been running since last year. Called a “range first, hybrid second” company, Wildlight’s team features primarily IP creators like Call of Duty, Titanfall, and Apex Legends.
Along with the creators, the studio’s co-founding CEO is Dusty Welch, who previously served as COO and GM at Respawn for Apex Legends. So far, Wildlight hasn’t divulged details about any of its upcoming work, aside from a new FPS title currently in development.
While it may be some time before the studio shares more information, the new IP is likely to go down the ‘game as a service’ path, given the team’s experience and the popularity of the genre.
