One of the creators of the series Grand Theft Auto David Jones leads the studio's seed round Random games which raised $7,6 million. In addition to Johnson, the round was led by Resolute ventures and Asymmetric, participated fire, 2 Punks Capital, ID345 и Polygon. David Jones will act as an advisor to the company.
It sounds epic for headlines, but already in 1999, David Jones's studio was bought out by TakeTwo Corporation and transformed into Rockstar Games. Therefore, David Jones did not catch all the ups of the GTA series.
Random games is a game development studio founded in September 2021 by Tony Harman, who has held senior positions at Nintendo and DMA Designs (the game studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series), and Wyatt Ridgway, who has worked on Star Trek and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Random games announced that they plan to create a gaming franchise Unioverse, which will be owned by the community and allow developers or just fans to use the in-game assets as they wish to create their own games, or products in the form of comics, t-shirts, etc. Those who will create will be able to sell their creations or products, and keep the money earned.
To gain access to the game world, players will be able to purchase NFTs that are compatible with the franchise's games. The company said it will use the funding to expand its team and start work on the first games. Universe.
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