Skybound introduced right this moment that it has launched its first inner improvement studio, Quarter Up. The brand new studio is engaged on Invincible VS, a brand new preventing sport set within the franchise of the identical identify created by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley. Skybound revealed the brand new studio right this moment, shortly after revealing the brand new title, which is about for launch someday in 2026.
In accordance with Skybound, Quarter Up is a Los Angeles-based group with round 40+ members. The group has collective expertise in studios corresponding to Activision Blizzard, Riot Video games, Naughty Canine, Netflix, Amazon Video games and Double Helix, amongst others. The identify is a reference to placing quarters in arcade machines in an effort to preserve your gameplay going. A number of members of the group have earlier expertise engaged on preventing video games, particularly 2013’s Killer Intuition.
Mike Willette, Invincible VS government producer, advised GamesBeat in an interview, “Quarter Up is the first in-house game development studio at Skybound (second major in-house studio) dedicated to creating fighting games. We’re a hyper passionate team with extensive experience in competitive and combat-focused games. From the start, our goal and vision has always been to create experiences that make players jump out of their seats and feel heroic…feel like a badass… We’re a combat-focused studio and fighting games are where we want to leave our mark!”
As for the way the studio began, Willette added, “A few of our key team members were part of the Double Helix Game’ Killer Instinct development team, which was eventually purchased by Amazon. We’ve always felt like we had unfinished business in the fighting game genre and we had dreamed too long about starting our own studio – we owed it to ourselves. I approached the team at Skybound about developing an Invincible fighting game; they believed and trusted in our vision and have been huge advocates in helping bring Invincible VS to life.”
Bringing the Invincible universe to bloody, violent life
Skybound and Quarter Up revealed the sport over the weekend in the course of the Xbox Video games Showcase for Summer season Recreation Fest. Invincible VS is a 3v3 tag preventing sport set within the Invincible universe and starring a number of of its acquainted characters, together with Mark “Invincible” Grayson, Atom Eve, Omni-Man and extra. Quarter Up has not solely recreated the comedian e-book settings within the sport, but in addition its gory, hyper-violent fight, as proven within the reveal trailer.
Chris Paulson, Skybound Video games EVP and common supervisor, advised GamesBeat in an interview, “We’re huge fans of Invincible, and each of us connects with the story and characters in different ways. We’re fortunate to work very closely with Robert Kirkman – he’s incredibly engaged and deeply involved in the process. We’ve had unprecedented access to teams behind the franchise across all mediums; the creators behind the hit TV series are leading charge on the story for Invincible VS. Capturing the franchise’s signature brutality and destruction is top priority; we want the game to reflect the true stakes of superhero combat — the kind fans already know and love.”
Paulson additionally added in a separate assertion, “The roster of talent at Quarter Up proves there’s no better studio to bring this bold project to life. This team carries a deep legacy in fighting games, and Invincible was the perfect title for in-house development by their fearless and confident crew. We’re thrilled that Mike and the team are part of Skybound and we can’t wait to see our vision come to life — on this game and beyond.”
