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Some of you may be familiar with Dreamhaven. It is a company founded by Mike Morhaime, a former co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. It is intended to become a major publisher with two of its own internal studios already existing, Moonshot and Secret Door, and being made up almost entirely of former Blizzard developers. Some of them big names from the company like Dustin Browder and Chris Sigaty. Recently, Dreamhaven began announcing partnerships with independent studios. What's exciting is that three of these studios are also made up of former Blizzard developers. Lightforge Games, One More Game (OMG), and Raid Base were the first to announce their partnership with Dreamhaven. Very recently, Frost Giant also announced their partnership as well as a licensing agreement with Epic to use their Unreal engine.
www.dreamhaven.com
www.dreamhaven.com
Lightforge Games is intending to make RPGs while doing so completely by remote. One More Game is also looking to go all remote for its development and create online games. Frost Giant wants to create real-time strategy games. All three of these studios are comprised mostly of former Blizzard developers. It's been no secret that Blizzard has been bleeding talent over the last few years and that rate has accelerated with Jeff Kaplan being the latest high profile departure. For those who don't know him, he was a big name in the World of Warcraft development team and went on to be the director for Overwatch. Many former developers of Blizzard have become tired of the company's failings, some pointing the finger at Activision for slowly poisoning the company ever since the merger over a decade ago. Frost Giant was rumored to have been the result of many of Starcraft 2's developers being fed up with pitching ideas for Starcraft 3 but being rejected with the executives seemingly not interested in making another Starcraft RTS.
www.lightforge.gg
www.frostgiant.com
www.raidbase.com
Raid Base is a bit of a different story. Most of its team consists of former Riot Games developers who worked on Valorant with some of them having history with Microsoft and Halo. Their goal is to create an open-world sandbox with PvPvE gameplay. With these studios it seems Dreamhaven is trying to recapture what they made at Blizzard. Mike Morhaime's stated goal for the company is to create a place where creative vision is prioritized over worrying about short-term financial gains. Which sounds like a bit of a dig at his former "bosses" who are accused of being creatively bankrupt in pursuit of constant record profits. None of the 6 studios currently associated with Dreamhaven have revealed any of their games and it will likely be a couple years yet before we get any kind of announcements. But it's certainly exciting for anyone who misses the glory days of Blizzard.
Here is a link to an IGN article about some of the happenings within Blizzard
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Dreamhaven
Dreamhaven is a game developer and publisher with a deep belief in bringing players together through engaging, high-quality entertainment experiences.


Dreamhaven - Partnerships
Dreamhaven is a game developer and publisher with a deep belief in bringing players together through engaging, high-quality entertainment experiences.

Lightforge Games is intending to make RPGs while doing so completely by remote. One More Game is also looking to go all remote for its development and create online games. Frost Giant wants to create real-time strategy games. All three of these studios are comprised mostly of former Blizzard developers. It's been no secret that Blizzard has been bleeding talent over the last few years and that rate has accelerated with Jeff Kaplan being the latest high profile departure. For those who don't know him, he was a big name in the World of Warcraft development team and went on to be the director for Overwatch. Many former developers of Blizzard have become tired of the company's failings, some pointing the finger at Activision for slowly poisoning the company ever since the merger over a decade ago. Frost Giant was rumored to have been the result of many of Starcraft 2's developers being fed up with pitching ideas for Starcraft 3 but being rejected with the executives seemingly not interested in making another Starcraft RTS.

Lightforge Games
Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote video game studio on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs.


Frost Giant Studios
Frost Giant Studios is a game development studio located in Orange County, California, on a mission to bring real-time strategy (RTS) games to a broader audience.


Raid Base
We develop experiences that match the level of commitment and enthusiasm that connoisseur players put into the games they love.
Raid Base is a bit of a different story. Most of its team consists of former Riot Games developers who worked on Valorant with some of them having history with Microsoft and Halo. Their goal is to create an open-world sandbox with PvPvE gameplay. With these studios it seems Dreamhaven is trying to recapture what they made at Blizzard. Mike Morhaime's stated goal for the company is to create a place where creative vision is prioritized over worrying about short-term financial gains. Which sounds like a bit of a dig at his former "bosses" who are accused of being creatively bankrupt in pursuit of constant record profits. None of the 6 studios currently associated with Dreamhaven have revealed any of their games and it will likely be a couple years yet before we get any kind of announcements. But it's certainly exciting for anyone who misses the glory days of Blizzard.
Here is a link to an IGN article about some of the happenings within Blizzard

Special Report: The Inside Story of Blizzard's Departures and a Company at a Crossroads - IGN
After high-profile departures, and with major games still a long way from release, Blizzard finds itself at a crossroads. Our special report.