{"id":608732,"date":"2023-02-16T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/new-studio-wildlight-entertainment-formed-by-triple-a-game-veterans\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:49:28","slug":"new-studio-wildlight-entertainment-formed-by-triple-a-game-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/new-studio-wildlight-entertainment-formed-by-triple-a-game-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"New studio Wildlight Entertainment formed by triple-A game veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div data-role=\"page\" data-enhance=\"false\" id=\"__next\" data-reactroot><main><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>More and more triple-A developers are breaking off to form their own independent studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 576px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source  type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt95b381df7c12c15d\/blt02ebb12639fbb8ea\/63ee70b54b5f702a0976ed14\/wildlight.jpg?quality=80&#038;format=jpg&#038;width=828\" alt=\"Entertainment Logo for game developer Wildlight Entertainment.\" isnotlazyload=\"true\" width=\"828\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Developers from various triple-A studios such as Respawn and Naughty Dog have come together to form new studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildlight.gg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlight Entertainment<\/a>.\u00a0 Founded in 2022, Wildlight\u00a0has billed itself as &#8220;comprised of talented creators from some of the biggest IPs&#8221;\u00a0in the games space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/ex-dice-devs-form-wayfinder-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayfinder Games<\/a> from earlier in the month, Wildlight is a new w-named studio made up of ex-EA developers. Its staff page also lists alumni\u00a0from developers such as\u00a0Sony Santa Monica (<em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em>), Infinity Ward (<em>Call of Duty:\u00a0Ghosts<\/em>), and Riot Games (<em>Valorant<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like several new startups, the studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/wildlight-entertainment\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> emphasizes having &#8220;a\u00a0positive, supportive work environment built on mutual trust and open communication, where everyone has a voice and everyone is treated with respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Serving as CEO is Dusty Welch, who previously worked at Respawn and Activision Blizzard. Welch co-founded the studio with design director (and fellow Respawn alum) Jason McCord.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s first game will be a currently unannounced\u00a0triple-A title that it&#8217;s been working on &#8220;for some time.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though Wildlight has offices in Seattle and Los Angeles, it confirmed that it does offer hybrid or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/activision-blizzard-reportedly-planning-to-end-remote-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full\u00a0remote\u00a0work<\/a>. &#8220;We believe people should be able to work wherever they can be most productive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"articleFooter-newsletterSignup\">\n<p>Get daily news, dev blogs, and stories from Game Developer straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gamedeveloper.tradepub.com\/c\/pubRD.mpl?secure=1&#038;sr=pp&#038;_t=pp:&#038;qf=w_gamf01&#038;ch=\" title=\"Subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"articleFooter-connectProduction\" uid=\"bltfa7a2b95449c0aa3\">\n<div>\n<p><h4>CONNECT WITH US<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><h5>Explore the<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p><h5>Advertise with<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p><h5>Follow us<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h4>Game Developer Job Board<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><h4>Game Developer<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><h4>@gamedevdotcom<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h5>Explore the<\/h5>\n<h4>Game Developer Job Board<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Browse open positions across the game industry or recruit new talent for your studio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.gamasutra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Browse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5>Advertise with<\/h5>\n<h4>Game Developer<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p><span>Engage game professionals and drive sales using an array of Game Developer media solutions to meet your objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/advertise-with-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5>Follow us<\/h5>\n<h4>@gamedevdotcom<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Follow us @gamedevdotcom to stay up-to-date with the latest news &#038; insider information about events &#038; more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/new-studio-wildlight-entertainment-formed-by-triple-a-game-veterans\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Justin Carter, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more triple-A developers are breaking off to form their own independent studios.Developers from various triple-A studios such as Respawn and Naughty Dog have come together to form new studio Wildlight Entertainment.\u00a0 Founded in 2022, Wildlight\u00a0has billed itself as &#8220;comprised of talented creators from some of the biggest IPs&#8221;\u00a0in the games space.\u00a0 Similar to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,22626,119252],"tags":[6347,119251],"class_list":{"0":"post-608732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-studio","9":"category-wildlight","10":"tag-studio","11":"tag-wildlight"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}