Ruckus Video video games raises $19 million in funding for debut title, ‘Undertaking Bobcat’

Indie developer Ruckus Video video games not too extended in the past secured $19 million in funding for its unannounced debut undertaking.

Two years in the past, the studio secured $5.5 million in a spherical led by Transcend Fund to assemble its “high-quality prototype.” This new spherical grow to be as quickly as led by Krafton, with further contributions from Transcend, BitKraft, and Hypergryph.

In its assertion, Ruckus highlighted that prototype as proof its setting up fees “stay a lot decrease than triple-A, whereas the crew nonetheless delivers that very same stage of high quality and enjoyable of titles with exponentially greater budgets.”

Chatting with its contribution, Krafton’s Maria Park stated it “believes in the way forward for co-op video games, and the Ruckus crew has demonstrated unbelievable progress with a small crew in a brief time frame. They’ve crafted one thing so on-trend, with fashionable motion and humor, that it not solely entertains but additionally connects gamers in memorable methods – a imaginative and prescient that strongly resonates with Krafton.”

Ruckus grow to be as quickly as primarily primarily based in 2021 by extinct Rise up and Gearbox builders, together with Borderlands 3 ingenious director Paul Epic. The studio’s debut title—dubbed “Undertaking Bobcat” by Hypergryph’s funding head—is described as a session-essentially primarily based fully co-op RPG-shooter it hopes to “disrupt the multiplayer panorama […] and ship a singular mix of favor, humor, and explosive motion.”

Every Park and Transcend GP Andrew Sheppard sit on the board of directors for Ruckus, and Epic stated the contributing corporations “carry not solely a worldwide attain, however as builders themselves, they create a singular perspective to our crew. […] This stage of assist is a superb present of confidence that bodes nicely as we seek for the appropriate publishing accomplice going ahead.”

Sample on “Undertaking Bobcat” is alleged to be persevering with “at a fast tempo,” and Ruckus Video video games is at the moment hiring for varied positions.

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