
芬兰游戏工作室Social First在2021年底成立后首次公开亮相。
Social First由行业资深人士、Kukouri创始人兼首席执行官金·苏亚雷斯(Kim Soares)和首席运营官·米科·卡赫拉(Michael Mikko kha RR)创建,将专注于创建高度社会化的跨平台多人游戏,可以“享受几十年”。
目前的团队由拥有超过100年集体行业经验的行业专业人士组成,并发行了一系列产品。该团队的大多数成员此前曾在游戏工作室合作过,包括育碧、库库里和Paradox Interactive。
为了支持其愿景,Social First已经从游戏风险投资公司Play Ventures和由Play Ventures合伙人Joakim Achrén领导的天使投资人财团获得了250万美元的种子前投资支持。
将社交放在首位
“社交游戏正在快速增长,我们的团队在创建具有强大社区的社交跨平台游戏方面非常有经验,使世界各地的人们能够建立可以持续一生的友谊,”Social First联合创始人金·苏亚雷斯说。
“将这一点结合到设计用于十年或更长时间的游戏中,并考虑到其他新的和新兴的技术可能性,我们看到了一个驾驭完美风暴并真正对游戏行业产生巨大影响的机会。”
In the next few years, Social First has plans to rapidly expand and distribute titles that create "lasting and meaningful" social experiences.
Play Ventures founding partner Harri Manninen added: "We’re thrilled to be backing Kim and Mikko and their impressive team. The social games market has grown massively in recent years, with people finding more meaningful connections globally through engaging social gameplay. Social First are approaching this opportunity with decades of know-how and the proven ability to scale cross-platform social MMOs. We believe that Social First will play a major role in defining the next big trend in gaming."
Social First will be attending the upcoming Pocket Gamer Connects London, where both Soares and Kähärä have previously been guest speakers, on February 14–15. You can get tickets to the event here.