Ex-Crytek and EA devs open new Swiss studio

Former Crytek, Ronimo Games and EA developers have opened a new studio in Switzerland called HeartQuake.

The developer claims to already be one of the biggest in the country and the first independent studio to be set up in Ticino. Staff at the company hail from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Philippines, Argentina, USA, Poland and Switzerland.

The studio aims to make games focusing on adaptive stories and interactive environments to create “immersive experiences”. Its first title is open-world RPG World Never End for PC, Linux, Mac and consoles. It stated the game world would react to player choices and their gameplay styles.

HeartQuake aims to bring the game to crowdfunding website Kickstarter to fund its full development.