by Rainier on March 22, 2010 @ 7:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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With an announced
Reorganizing, and Pink Slips Handed Out it should come as no surprise that The9 Limited has entered into a definitive investment agreement with Red 5 Studios, founded by key members of the World of Warcraft team, to acquire a majority interest in the US developer for approximately US$20 million.
by Rainier on Jan. 27, 2010 @ 1:57 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Red 5 Studios, Inc. is currently working on an unannounced massively multiplayer online game. Recently, the team formed around a new direction and took on additional investment from a strategic partner in the online games industry.
by Rainier on Nov. 24, 2008 @ 10:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Independent online game development studio Red 5 Studios, made up of key talent behind Blizzard's World of Warcraft, announced today that Mark Kern has moved into a new role as Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, where he will lead the technical and design efforts for the studio’s titles.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2007 @ 8:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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NaturalMotion announced that Red 5 Studios has added morpheme to its game development pipeline. Chosen for its intuitive graphical user interface and ability to increase collaboration between animators and programmers, Red 5 Studios is using morpheme for an unannounced next-gen game title.
by Rainier on April 10, 2007 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MMO developer Red 5 Studios, founded by key members of the World of Warcraft team, announced that Scott Youngblood, acclaimed lead designer of StarSiege: Tribes, Tribes 2, and alternate-reality game Majestic, has accepted an undisclosed position at the Aliso Viejo, California studio.
by Rainier on Dec. 12, 2006 @ 4:26 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Independent online game development studio Red 5 Studios, made up of key talent behind Blizzard's World of Warcraft, announced today it has raised $18.5 million additional capital to further its growth toward becoming the leading studio for creative, original MMO games for the global mass market.
by Rainier on Feb. 28, 2006 @ 10:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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WEBZEN today announced that it has signed an exclusive worldwide agreement with U.S.-based Red 5 Studios to publish a new MMOG property. Red 5 Studios is founded by former Diablo/World of Warcraft members and recently signed the Offset engine for its new project.
by Rainier on Sept. 8, 2005 @ 8:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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"Welcome to Red 5. We are quietly at work, building the world’s best MMO team here in Southern California. Red 5’s founders share a history of making hit games for companies such as Blizzard Entertainment. After our most recent project, World of Warcraft, we decided that we wanted to take things in a new direction and push the limits of our creativity. We’re working on something a little different from most MMOs out there, and we are excited about where our passion for games will lead us."