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News - Ex-Blizzard devs land $4.7m for new studio Frost Giant - xSicKxBot - 10-23-2020 Ex-Blizzard devs land $4.7m for new studio Frost Giant <div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ex-blizzard-devs-land-4-7m-for-new-studio-frost-giant.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b0d71cbe-7fff-247e-86b1-3713f2086adf"><span>A crew of former Blizzard developers have set up a new studio to develop real-time strategy games, and have landed $4.7 million in seed funding to get the effort off the ground.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>That new outfit is Frost Giant Games, and its helmed by former Blizzard developers Tim Morten and Tim Campbell. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>Both have experience in the genre from their days at the <em>StarCraft</em> developer, with Morten having previously worked as production director on <em>StarCraft</em><em> 2: Wings of Liberty </em>and Campbell having served as lead campaign designer for <em>Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne</em>.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>According to a chat with <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/20/frost-giant-studios-raises-4-7-million-for-real-time-strategy-game-revival/">VentureBeat</a>, the founding duo plans to use the funding infusion to grow the team at Frost Giant, build out a prototype, conduct consumer research, and expand operations altogether. That $4.7 seed funding round was led by Bitkraft Ventures, and saw contributions from 1UP Ventures, GC Tracker, fellow dev studio Riot Games, and Griffin Gaming Partners as well.</span></p> </div> https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/10/20/ex-blizzard-devs-land-4-7m-for-new-studio-frost-giant/ |