SacramenToBased Azra Games 15mmanoylov is a new company based in Sacramento, CA. It has been founded by Gabby Dizon and Mark Otero. Both have experience in the industry. They worked on games such as Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Now the company is accelerating development of its first game, a fantasy combat arena title.
Fantasy Combat Arena Game
A company called SacramenToBased Azra Games 15mmanoylov has been working on a futuristic, collectible RPG. The game is named Project Arcanas, and it is based on Web3 technology. It will allow players to build legions and conquer the world. Otero, a former EA Capital Games general manager, co-founded KickNation and is now the CEO of Azra.
Free-to-Play Games
SacramenToBased Azra Games 15mmanoylov has already hired some of the best and the brightest from Capital Games, including a former senior character artist who worked on “Mass Effect” and a GM who oversees free-to-play games. They also have a handful of notable backers. From Andreessen Horowitz to Coinbase Ventures, they have a lot of investors aligned with their vision for creating the next big thing.
While the company doesn’t yet have a product on the market, the team is hard at work on one, with plans to release a teaser video of its collectible toy battle experience by the end of the year. For now, they are building a 24 person team.
Ygg Co-Founder Gabby Dizon
SacramenToBased Azra Games 15mmanoylov, a blockchain-based developer, recently secured $15 million in a seed round. The funding will be used to help the company build and scale its combat RPGs and game universes. Its founding team includes entrepreneur Sonny Mayugba and Travis Boudreaux, as well as veteran games designer Mark Otero.
Capital Games
Otero’s team was previously employed at Capital Games, the company that created the top-grossing game in Electronic Arts history, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. He also worked on games like Age of Champions, Superhero City, and Supreme Heroes.
Currently, Azra Games is working on an epic fantasy RPG based on Web3 technology. They also are creating a mass combat roleplaying game.
Franklin Templeton
Azra Games’ backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Franklin Templeton, Play Ventures, and also Coinbase Ventures. Several other notable investors are also on board, including Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, former EA executive Michael Chang, and Roham Gharegozlou, the founder of Dapper Labs.
Azra Games’ vision is to create an immersive, virtual collectibles and also game universes. A large part of their development will be based on the Web3 technology, and the fund will be able to speed up the production of their first game.
Galaxy of Heroes
Mark Otero is an American game designer. He is known for his work on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, which is the best selling mobile Star Wars title. In fact, Galaxy of Heroes generated over $1 billion in revenue and also is the highest grossing mobile Star Wars game of all time.
Mark Otero recently departed Capital Games to found Azra Games, a startup that aims to create immersive virtual collectibles. The name of the company is a nod to the first mobile game to use the blockchain, and also the company has the financial backing of a major player in the industry.
Last Words:
Azra Games‘ inaugural game will be an epic fantasy RPG. But the title will be a small slice of a larger game, and also it will be released in several pieces in the coming months. It’s a game that shows off some of the things Azra Games is good at: it uses Web3 technology, which isn’t necessarily a new concept.
