The new studio based by former Hearthstone of us together with game director Ben Brode are engaged on a mysterious game with Marvel game. Second Dinner, because the studio are named, don’t say something about what the game is however it’s in all probability a card game, no? They additionally introduced that they’ve secured an enormous lump of funding from NetEase, the Chinese builders and publishers of many free-to-play PC and pocket phone games (together with the upcoming Blizzard collaboration Diablo Immortal). And most significantly, the studio have gotten an workplace and moved out of Brode’s storage.
Second Dinner have netted $30 million (£23.7m) from NetEase’s minority funding, which ought to maintain the lights on whereas they work on their mysterious no matter.
“It’s going to take us a while to make, but we’re already having a lot of fun with the prototype,” stated Hamilton Chu, the CEO of Second Dinner CEO and former govt producer on Hearthstone, in the announcement.
Brode left Blizzard in 2018. All three of Brode and Chu’s fellow co-founders all labored on Hearthstone throughout their time at Blizzard, and the announcement famous the studio’s Hearthstone expertise above all else, so I might guess a card game? Probably cellular and possibly PC? Dunno! Nexon launched their very own cellular Marvel card game, Marvel Battle Lines, solely a few months in the past however it’s not the friendliest of issues. Not that Marvel have many qualms about flooding markets. Heyo!
“I’ve worked with Hamilton and Ben for years and they are exactly who we want making Marvel games,” stated Jay Ong, the pinnacle of Marvel Games. “They and the team they’ve assembled at Second Dinner have made some of the greatest games in history. And now, working with the Marvel Games team and playing in the Marvel Universe… It’s going to be Amazing! Or maybe Spectacular! Or Incredible! Or Mighty! Or quite possibly all of the above!”
For these of you who don’t know your Spider-Man out of your Spiderman, I’ll level out that Ong’s string of adjectives drops heavy hints that Second Dinner’s Marvel game will embrace Aquaman, Swamp Thing, Krypto, and Midnighter.
We’ll see when it will get introduced… in some unspecified time in the future? For some digital units?
Image credit score: DC Comics.
