Three former Halo 5 multiplayer developers and industry veterans have opened their own new game studio, First Strike Games.The new studio is made up of Kevin Franklin, the former multiplayer design director on Halo 4 and Halo 5, Brian Lemon, ex-lead multiplayer producer on Halo 5, and Doug Barnes, who headed the engineering team for Halo 5’s eSports modes. Along with them also comes games industry veteran and founder of business agency DDM, Jeff Hilbert.
The new team behind First Strike Games thus has huge experience on AAA titles, most notably Need for Speed, SOCOM, Age of Empires and Halo Wars. First Strike states on its website that it is currently in discussions with publishers and investors, with the aim of creating a “new multiplayer title for PC and console.”
The new studio is based in Seattle, Washington and will be appearing at GDC 2016. For more info, check out their website here.