![]() ![]() The company, which is founded by engineers with strong computer science backgrounds, is actively recruiting compiler, database, and distributed systems engineers as they seek to make the foundational technology which makes BitCraft possible available to other developers as a standalone product. ![]() “Besides the obvious benefits of having additional funding, we are especially happy that so many accomplished industry innovators share our confidence in the BitCraft project.”Ĭlockwork Labs is now primarily looking to attract engineering and game programming talent, while also expanding the team in other areas. “The additional capital raised will enable us to scale the team considerably and we are now even better equipped to face all challenges attached to creating a game world as ambitious as BitCraft’s,” Alessandro Asoni, co-founder of Clockwork Labs said. The company’s first game project, BitCraft, has received broad positive reception since it was announced in September of last year. Clockwork Labs credits Skycatcher, a game focused investment fund based in Texas, with providing the first major funding helping to jumpstart the project. A16z and Baszucki join an existing list of investors and games industry legends and leaders, including Supercell, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson, and Unity co-founder David Helgason. ![]() David Baszucki, Roblox founder and CEO, also participated in the round as a private investor. SAN FRANCISCO - Jfully remote game developer Clockwork Labs today announced they closed $22M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to further develop their community sandbox MMORPG, BitCraft, alongside a new unannounced database technology which powers the game. Pre-alpha tests for BitCraft will begin this Fall, with more announcements to be made shortly.BitCraft developer Clockwork Labs raises $22M Series A led by a16z Clockwork Labs, the video game developer behind the upcoming community sandbox MMORPG BitCraft, closes its latest funding round. The ownership of what this world becomes is truly in the hands of our players.” “You can cultivate a cozy village, run your own intricate farm, or be part of a much larger empire of connected cities. “This is a truly ambitious MMO, which focuses on letting players play how they want to, rather than hand-holding them through content,” said Clockwork Labs co-founder, Alessandro Asoni, in a statement. Players can move through the game as solo adventures, or work with others to build an editable wilderness civilization. 24.įully remote, San Francisco-based development studio Clockwork Labs revealed this week that its cross-platform debut community sandbox MMORPG BitCraft will be available on PC first. The final game in the story-driven Aery series: Aery: Sky Castle, will launch Sept. Along the way, there will be monsters to fight, puzzles to solve and ancient mysteries to unveil.Īmong the games currently available or headed to Atari VCS very soon is the retro sports adventure Pixel Cup Soccer from Batovi Games Studio in Uruguay (available now), along with the role-playing shooter Bite the Bullet from Mega Cat Studios (coming soon). The game tasks players with collecting a flock of creatures known as Daps through a waking nightmare. Melbourne-based developer Melting Parrot revealed that its debut horror action-adventure game Dap will release on PC via Steam on Sept. ![]() 'Angry Birds' Maker Rovio Agrees to $775M Sale to SegaĪustralian Studio to Release Horror Action Game on Steam ![]()
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