Art Lead Glenn Rane Leaves Blizzard Entertainment to Co-Found LightForge Games

Blizzard Posted 2021/05/14 at 10:30 AM by Archimtiros

LightForge Gamesinterview with GamesBeatOur blended DNA from both Blizzard and Epic extends to the entire studio at this point,” Schembari said. “About a year ago, a bunch of us got together and have been operating quietly, building up the company and our early game prototypes. We’re testing and validating crazy game ideas that we have been coming up with.”

While he isn’t talking about the game yet, Schembari said the it will be highly social and creative, and it will run across multiple platforms.

“We love experiences where players can come together and build worlds together, create stories together, tell stories together, where they’re able to have this kind of emergent gameplay. Telling stories together is really the part that we’re most focused on,” he said. “We really believe that there’s no barrier between creation and play. It’s not user-generated content in the classic sense of you create something and then you publish it and people can download it. It’s a different kind of model than just UGC.”

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Comment by terrifying1376sadgeComment by masilya111Big loss. Very talented man. Good continuation to him.Comment by DracuhlFComment by OridanIXI always loved Rane's art. Best of luck to him and the others at Lightforge Games!Comment by GombolLeaving blizzard to join a company that was partially funded by Net Ease? Risky choice. Leaving Blizzard to one that was funded by one that puts so much P2W into games, It's not even funny.Comment by SukiponOh my god ... i'm genuinly scared :(Comment by SwooceAnd another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust!Comment by Dexstar09GL to him on his journey, he has earned it after doing the same thing for one company for 19yrs, but forgive me for not knowing who he is or was or basically anyone behind the scenes.Comment by PlarkyI wonder how long all these new companies will last before corruption takes root again and they start falling apart...Comment by RoguePostDocsadge :(Comment by AzraelUltimaAnybody else reading that as clearly saying LightForge Games, not LightForged?Comment by Dragunovka-1 talented, legendary personComment by QuaaidYeah, wowhead has typos all over. The new company's website and graphics clearly say Lightforge.Comment by prattelIt is clear that this is already hurting WoW -- I don't believe Ion for a second when he's blaming it on covid / remote working. I wonder what that means for the next expansion.Comment by AcidVenomi guess he got lightforged his carrer, hope he gets titanforged soon enough. i'll see myself out.Comment by MakolaniWell, he always can work with Blizzard and etc. companies at freelance, no?

Actually, as many artists say, it's hard to work in one place for more than 10 years. They need to go move on to something new and this is their choice. It's ok and it's life. Wish that his new work will be better place to create!Comment by Dexstar09It is clear that this is already hurting WoW -- I don't believe Ion for a second when he's blaming it on covid / remote working. I wonder what that means for the next expansion.Comment by CCwowCan't wait for them to release their first game ^^Comment by LilmermageAre there ever posts about new people that are hired by Blizzard? While I think it is great to show when Blizzard employees are leaving to help develop other great projects, these types of posts seem to create a narrative that everyone is leaving which is not necessarily accurate.Comment by ChungtaoIf it was not for WowHead or other sources to post these types of news, most of the playerbase doomsayers would not notice any kind of difference until an annual report analysis or an official blue message rolled out. Just sayin'.

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