Playdemic Founders Launch New Studio ForthStar Games with $10M Funding

The Manchester-based studio, targeting the mass market, particularly male players, adopts a 'test and kill' approach to game development.

Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby, founders of Playdemic, have launched a new game studio called ForthStar Games, based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
ForthStar Games has secured $10 million in funding from Griffin Gaming Partners and plans to unveil their first game next year.
The new studio will focus on creating games for the mass market, particularly targeting male players.
ForthStar Games has adopted a 'test and kill' approach to game development, where ideas that do not show promise are discarded, regardless of the resources invested.
The studio has already hired 14 former Playdemic employees and is actively recruiting both creative and technical talent.