Greg Street, an industry legend also known as Ghostcrawler, announced the formation of Fantastic Pixel Castle with Chinese giant NetEase. The newly founded studio also announced an AAA MMO codenamed Ghost, which is set in a new fantasy universe.
Greg Street formerly served as lead systems designer at Blizzard Entertainment for World of Warcraft and was most recently the executive producer on the League of Legends MMO at Riot Games. Street is joined by a founding team with a passion for the MMO genre and decades of experience working on massively successful games, including World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Guild Wars 2, Fortnite, Overwatch, and Valorant.
“With Fantastic Pixel Castle and Ghost, we want to demonstrate our commitment to open communication and development in front of players,” said Greg Street, studio head of Fantastic Pixel Castle. “MMOs are arguably one of the most challenging genres of games to make, but we have some big advantages.“
“Fantastic Pixel Castle is bringing some of the best MMO talent available to NetEase Games to develop this original fantasy IP, and they will have our full support to make this vision a reality,” says Simon Zhu, President of Global Investments and Partnerships at NetEase Games.
Fantastic Pixel Castle is embracing a remote-first structure and will be actively seeking talent and hiring qualified candidates. The studio will provide each individual with the autonomy and support needed to bring Ghost to life.
