Fantastic Pixel Castle - Ghostcrawler's New Studio and MMO Codename Ghost

Blizzard Posted 22 days ago by Archimtiros

Fantastic Pixel CastleTwitch.tv/FantasticPixelCastleannounced his intent Brian Holinka

Fantastic Pixel Castle

Fantastic Pixel Castle (FPC) is a new studio founded in 2023 to create our take on a modernized fantasy MMORPG, codenamed Ghost.
If you are interested in our studio, there is more context below. If you just care about Ghost, we totally get it, and you can jump to it HERE.

We are committed to being a fully remote and global studio, so that we can hire world-class people and have them live their best lives.
We think top-heavy bureaucracy stifles creativity, so we aim to stay small as we focus on delivering a game and a world that you will love.
We are fully-funded, and the team will share in all of our studio's successes.Content Design Director Candace ThomasUX Director Ed AltorferArt Director David Kubalakmore

Fantastic Pixel Castle

WHEN WHERE AND HOW CAN I PLAY
Our goal is to move as quickly as we can in development, and we have many advantages that will help us bring Ghost to you faster than is typical for AAA games. We will also include you early in development and are committed to making even major changes based on your feedback. We will bounce ideas off of interested players from time to time, and when we are ready for playtesters, we will absolutely make sure you know.

Our initial development efforts are focused on PC, and ideally we will ship on consoles as well. We plan to ship our game globally and to localize into many languages.

And while it is too soon to go into a lot of detail about our business model (and seriously, it is still evolving), don't worry about excessive gacha mechanics, endless loot boxes, pay to win or the like. We want you to feel good about investing your time and money in this experience.

We are unbelievably excited about the opportunity to make this game for you and with you.

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Comment by SoeroahI feel like every single company including the one metzen left to make their own studio just announces their departure.. puts out a release like this just showing off the team or "their vision" and we never hear anything about their project let alone get a game release let alone insight on if a game is actually even being made..Comment by randrisHonest question here: Has ANY game/studio from a former Blizzard dev been of ANY note? It seems like we get former dev company/game announcements somewhat regularly and then nothing happens. Or the projected date is like five+ years off in the future and no one actually cares at that point.

Also eww, NetEase.Comment by JavvorWhy this sh*t is tagged "Blizzard"? This is totally separate company that currently have nothing to do with Blizzard or its games.Comment by Kiwiana as Chinese tech conglomerate NetEase has also announced a partnership with the budding studioComment by SchattensangWhy this sh*t is tagged "Blizzard"? This is totally separate company that currently have nothing to do with Blizzard or its games.Comment by legendarnyHonest question here: Has ANY game/studio from a former Blizzard dev been of ANY note? It seems like we get former dev company/game announcements somewhat regularly and then nothing happens. Or the projected date is like five+ years off in the future and no one actually cares at that point.

Also eww, NetEase.Comment by Dreadriot16Lmao NETEASE. Bunch of chinese pay to win microtransactions? Nahhhh. This *!@# gunna be a WoW lost ark profit machine and nothing elseComment by CrusherixWhy MMO :(Comment by KryonyxWhy this sh*t is tagged "Blizzard"? This is totally separate company that currently have nothing to do with Blizzard or its games.Comment by DanixpDamn... this guy is gone from blizz for how much year now? Why is he still relevant for this site?Comment by merex760Excited to see what they make (There's a lot of talent there), but I'm cautiously optimistic of NetEase being the financial backer with how they operate other games.

Damn... this guy is gone from blizz for how much year now? Why is he still relevant for this site?Comment by ArchalyonGraham Berger and Holinka leaves blizzard? Seems like Aug evoker doesn't go well. :)Comment by Ztormurwait, isn't graham berger still working on Wow ? he was a big part of bringing evokers to the game.Comment by Ztormur as Chinese tech conglomerate NetEase has also announced a partnership with the budding studioComment by glassleoBrian Holinka... oh no...Comment by Rainy89Good job reporting on something with 0 relevance to WoW regarding someone who hasn’t worked on the game in 10000 years.Comment by AshleyLooks like Brian left Blizzard in May, and I guess Graham left ~~some time after mid-June?~~ in September.

Nice to see Candace around still!Comment by dabone1337 as Chinese tech conglomerate NetEase has also announced a partnership with the budding studioComment by Sundercat> netease

Oh for &*!@s sake. Between netease, tencent, and snail games I swear some folks in china are on a goddamn mission to ruin gaming.Comment by aerithscarWonder what the real reason that made him leave Riot was, did he not have enough creative freedom or something like that? I was sceptical about them making a AAA mmo with a new studio but since it's actually NetEase behind them it makes sense, they have Tencent levels of money.

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