Lead Artist Glenn Rain left Blizzard to found LightForged Games – Igromania

Blizzard Losses again: Glenn Raine, concept artist, art director and chief artist, left the company World of warcraft and artistic director Hearthstone and Diablo immortal… how it turned out, about a year ago he co-founded the studio LightForged Games, which promises to “rethink” role-playing games.
Lightforged Games has already received $ 5 million from investors, including Galaxy Interactive, NetEase Games, Dreamhaven, Maveron and 1UP Ventures… The studio has begun work on a cross-platform social game in which you can create worlds and tell stories.

In addition to Glenn Rein, Mark Hutcheson, Managing Director of World of Warcraft, is among the founders of LightForged Games. Starcraft ii, Overwatch, Diablo iii, Fortnite and Hearthstone, Dan Hertzka, Former Lead Fortnite Programmer, and Nathan Fairbanks, Fortnite Producer, Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls Online

LightForged Games currently employs eleven people, all of whom work remotely.

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