Curve Games companions with Wayfinder Studios to publish on-line co-op RPG Wyldheart

Curve Games has partnered with unbiased developer Wayfinder Studios to publish Wyldheart, its on-line co-op RPG.

Stuart Dinsey, CEO of Curve Games, acknowledged that the corporate is “looking to make ambitious investments in distinctive games and talented independent studios, and Wyldheart is a great example of where we want Curve to go next.”

Curve Games described this partnership as the following section of its roadmap after being acquired by Nazara Technologies final May for £21.7 million.

Sweden-based Wayfinder Studios was based in 2020 by a staff of EA DICE veterans, together with former inventive director Dennis Brännvall, former studio director Fia Tjernberg, and DICE alumni Manne Ederyd and Adam Clark.

Its debut title Wyldheart has greater than 375,000 wishlists on Steam and has raised €248,000 through Kickstarter.

“We’ve been incredibly fortunate with the response to Wyldheart so far, and finding the right partner to help us build on that momentum was really important to us,” mentioned Brännvall.

“What stood out about Curve was how quickly they understood what we’re trying to make, who we’re making it for, and the kind of studio we want Wayfinder to be. We’re excited to have them alongside us as we take Wyldheart into its next chapter.”

Tjernberg beforehand informed GamesTrade.biz that Wayfinder selected “to go into a genre that hasn’t maybe seen as much innovation as we would hope” with Wyldheart.

“Pretty much all of us have worked at AAA, where the fanbase doesn’t really want innovation. They want familiar, they want what they are used to from other games.”

“We are interested in persistent worlds and MMOs, but with private servers, where it’s just you and your community enjoying this. It’s not a massive thing with 10,000 people on a shard; it’s your own personal Minecraft or Valheim server, game-structure wise.”