Former Pandemic co-founder Greg Borrud has joined Vivendi vet Chris Miller and Eric Gewirtz in launching a brand-new social gaming studio, Seismic Games. The Los Angeles-based studio is looking to create social games based on real-world events.
"We want something to happen in the real world and someone says 'hey, I wonder how they're handling this in the game' and they'll jump into the game," Borrud told GI.biz.
"We can kind of work in any business we wanted to work in, and I think that's the important thing. We chose social games because that's what's new, that's what fresh and interesting," he continued.
"So what attracted us to social games is not only that opportunity to be a little more... to take a few more risks. You can take more of a risk in this industry because the variables are much more reasonable, with traditional games... believe me, I've sat in so many meetings where everyone is completely risk averse, and you can see that if you look at the top ten."
Seismic has yet to reveal its first title. It’d have to be a quick turnaround for a Republican primary social game, I’d think. A man can dream.
