Wolfeye Studios Backed by Galaxy Interactive to Develop an Ambitious New Video Game IP
May 11, 2023
May 11th 2023 - Austin, Texas, and San Francisco, California - World-class independent game developer, Wolfeye Studios, are pleased to announce partnership with Galaxy Interactive, one of the largest venture capital funds dedicated to the video game and interactive sector.
WolfEye Studios, composed of accomplished game developers and founders of Arkane Studios, released their first game in 2022, Weird West - which was published by Devolver Digital and nominated for "Best RPG of the Year" at the 26th D.I.C.E. Awards.
President and Creative Director, Raphael Colantonio said “I value working with investors who are as passionate and knowledgeable about games as Galaxy Interactive. Making games requires extraordinary effort and talent from all sides of the equation”, CEO and Executive Producer, Julien Roby adds “Our partnership with Galaxy will allow us to maintain our independence, while also allowing us to get more ambitious with our next game - which is a dream situation to be in!”
Galaxy Interactive is one of the largest VCs in the videogames industry, with portfolios including 1047 Games, AccelByte, Avia Games, Bad Robot Games, Build a Rocket Boy, Elodie Games, Genvid, Mythical Games, Playable Worlds, Nekcom, Sword and Wands, Solsten, RCT and many others.
Ryan You, Partner at Galaxy Interactive, said “We are extremely proud to partner with WolfEye who is built by pioneers of Immerstive Sims, one of the most interesting game genres, and remains a leading actor in that space.” Michael Fan, Partner at Galaxy Interactive added “"The concepts of agency, interactivity, and more importantly: this idea of offering unique, unscripted, and unpredicted possibilities emerging from a system, are what make video games so special and so interesting. And the team at WolfEye have dedicated their career exploring those topics."
The company will spend the next months expanding their talented development team and will continue to develop a prototype for an ambitious new IP, which is yet to be announced.
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About WolfEye Studios
WolfEye Studios is a veteran distributed development team with a proven passion for immersive games that feature original worlds and strong audio. With WolfEye, the team is pushing its passion further and going deeper into simulation and gameplay possibilities by focusing on interactions more than they ever did in their past games. WolfEye values bold art direction and stylized graphics. Simplified visual production pipeline allows them to be more agile and focus on what really matters: player experience as a whole.
About Galaxy Interactive
Galaxy Interactive is an industry-leading global venture capital fund. Since our inception in 2018, we have been one of the most active venture investors in video games, digital media, immersive virtual worlds, web3, and the underlying technology and marketplaces powering our digital identities, with approximately $800 million in AUM.
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