A New studio formed by ex EA and King named Cult of the north with a norse viking theme website. They are developing a new MOBA game Project Gandalf, described as a massive PVP game, where you build kingdoms forge friendships and battle the gods of Hamarvast for the ultimate power.

A16Z is one of the investors in this Swedish company. They described investing in cult of the north (Formerly Seidr) to develop content for mid core cross platform games

The future of video games is platform-agnostic – players want to play the games they love wherever and whenever they want without being limited by form-factor. Gamers fall in love with great content and gameplay, not platforms!

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Project Gundalf in the works

Cult of the North is positioning its debut project as an “ambitious and massive next-generation PvP game” built in Unreal Engine 5. It added that Project Gundalf will let players “build a huge kingdom, forge lifelong friendships, and battle the gods of Hamarvast.” It’s currently slated for launch in 2025.

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Looks like despite the layoffs happening new studios are starting. I like that former devs and managers are creating new smaller studios.

The website has a very modern design using the latest trends of scroll-video animations. I do believe some of the effects are web gl generated.

There is a lot of Viking and Nordic themes in their company logo and website, which I like a lot it shows their personality as a company.

Links:

https://www.cultofthenorth.com

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/introducing-cult-north-project-gundalf-cultofthenorth-246ef?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/former-ea-and-king-leaders-establish-new-studio-cult-of-the-north