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 Drachenfels as Chinese tech conglomerate NetEase has also announced a partnership with the budding studioComment by KikiyoDragon"MMORPG codenamed Ghost" ...like the crawler?

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/leavesComment by NarhwalsGood developers behind the project and !@#$-you money to develop it. I'm excited to see the results in 20 yearsComment by Kestevavild> 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.Would you so kind and elaborate in 1-2 short sentences / examples how do these evil companies deliberately ruining gaming?Comment by SalrohCan only wish them luck since MMOs aren't the money generating power houses they once were.Comment by pawpurrHonest 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 War91whatr happand with ghostcrawler and riot? i thought he was working oin there mmoComment by Dasrondont let Netease partner fool you. most of these devs know about netease. they wouldnt partner with them unless they know its going to be beneficial.Comment by Ashleywhatr happand with ghostcrawler and riot? i thought he was working oin there mmoComment by FlatjusticeHolinka being involved is like knowingly drinking poison.Comment by GraavigalaDeath of a Game video in the making!Comment by DreadfuryDKThis probably isn't going anywhere. It'll take an eternity to develop and the end result will still have to face stiff competition with 14 and WoW.

New World had AMAZON money and I think we all know how that dumpster fire turned out.Comment by War91whatr happand with ghostcrawler and riot? i thought he was working oin there mmoComment by Murlnice jon spector lead a sinking ship over at overwatch and now he gets to fail at another studio with his friends.Comment 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.Would you so kind and elaborate in 1-2 short sentences / examples how do these evil companies deliberately ruining gaming?Comment by IncandioIf you're going to take a contemptuous position on something, or any position, at least do some actual background instead of flipping off a comment just to get a quick synaptic squirt of self righteousness.Comment by grayshirtJon Spector is an odd choice for VP given how Overwatch ended up...

A lot of past ActiBlizz names there. No idea why Street would leave Riot to start this, other than money.

On a positive note; Ohanian and Duun seem like good picks. Lots of exp.

Honest question here: Has ANY game/studio from a former Blizzard dev been of ANY note?think Comment by Kestevavild> 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.Would you so kind and elaborate in 1-2 short sentences / examples how do these evil companies deliberately ruining gaming?Comment 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.Would you so kind and elaborate in 1-2 short sentences / examples how do these evil companies deliberately ruining gaming?Comment by the9tailThey can say whatever they want - without monetization strategy, this game means as much to me as a random new mobile game.

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