Postcard Game Studio, an Irvine, California-based new AAA video game development studio founded by industry veterans that have worked with Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Ubisoft, and Electronic Arts, raised $3.5m in seed funding.
Smilegate, the South Korean video game company, made the investment.
Led by Ray Almaden, Founder, Postcard Game Studio an independent developer and publisher of video games for all major platforms and is currently developing an unannounced open world, first-person shooter role-playing game.
CEO and Game Director Ray Almaden has 17 years of experience designing AAA games for Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts. His design handiwork has made its mark across titles such as Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Killzone 2, Halo 4, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and The Last of Us: Part II, culminating in an Assistant Game Director role on Guerrilla Game’s latest release, Horizon Forbidden West.
The studio has now opened operations with a team of key developers ready to bring the next great AAA game to players, including:
- Ariadna C. Martinez (formerly of Guerrilla Games, working as a writer on Horizon Forbidden West) serving as Narrative Director;
- Glen Darroch (formerly of Rockstar, Blizzard, Turtle Rock Studios and Blind Squirrel Games) serving as Studio Technical Director;
- Justin Lippert (formerly of 343 Industries, working as a developer on Halo 4, Halo 5 and Halo Infinite) serving as Lead Designer.
The team also includes:
- Martin Teichmann (formerly of Crytek, Rocksteady, Naughty Dog and Blizzard, working on games such as Crysis 2, Batman Arkham Knight, The Last of Us: Part II and Diablo IV) serving as Lead Environment Artist;
- Dan Callan (formerly of Bungie, Insomniac, 343 Industries, Square Enix, working on games such as Halo 4, Destiny 2 and Forspoken) serving as Lead Level Designer;
- Tommy Blashaw (formerly of Ready at Dawn, working on games such as The Order: 1866, Lone Echo and Lone Echo 2.) serving as Lead Producer; and
- Lizzie Siegel (formerly of Iron Galaxy and Guerrilla Games, working on Horizon Forbidden West) serving as Lead Quest Designer.
FinSMEs
08/03/2022