Former executives from Codemasters, Jagex and Pixel Games have unveiled their latest studio, Soul Assembly, which will produce games for VR and metaverse.
Soul Assembly will be chaired by David Solari, former Vice President and CEO of Codemasters, former VP of Marketing for Jagex, and former Vice President of Operations and Marketing of Pixel Games.
He is accompanied by two other veterans in the gaming industry: David Osborne, former head of game design at Codemasters, and Tony Williams, former COO of Codemasters, on the senior management team.
The title portfolio of the AR and VR team on a number of platforms including Drop Dead: Dual Strike, Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister, and Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade.
Upcoming projects
Solari has confirmed that Soul Assembly is working on two more projects: “With over 30 talented developers and two fantastic games, we are excited to be one of the leading developers of VR and the Meta-Wars.
“Based on that momentum, we have two more ambitious and exciting development projects that we plan to launch before the end of the year.”
With high levels of investment and potential in the gaming industry, many companies are aiming to set up new studios, including the manga publishing house Shueisha, which unveiled its gaming division in April 2022.
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