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News - Blind Squirrel lands $5M in funding to self-publish its first game, Drifters

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Blind Squirrel lands $5M in funding to self-publish its first game, Drifters

<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/blind-squirrel-lands-5m-in-funding-to-self-publish-its-first-game-drifters.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Blind Squirrel&nbsp;Games announced today that&nbsp;it has raised $5 million in funding for its first game, <em>Drifters</em>.</p>
<p>This is pretty notable, given that Blind Squirrel is best known for helping other studios get off the ground, and the funding goes towards&nbsp;self-publishing its&nbsp;first internally developed game.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Drifters</em>&nbsp;is a free-to-play 5v5 hero action shooter, slated to release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC later in&nbsp;2019.</p>
<p>As reported by <a href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-14-blind-squirrel-secures-USD5m-in-funding-for-first-self-published-game">Gamesindustry.biz</a>,&nbsp;the $5 million comes from an unnamed external source, with Blind Squirrel CEO Brad Hendricks saying&nbsp;that the investment&nbsp;was comprised of “various members with differing strategies, who felt that they needed to start getting involved in the game industry.”</p>
<p>“I was lucky to find investors who were willing to take a bet on our studio to not only fund the game, but to give us enough money to work with various outside companies to market this game,” Hendricks continues.</p>
<p>“This is giving us the maximum freedom that we needed as a studio to create and market the game we wanted to build.”</p>
<p>Any additional funds will be used to finish up remaining development (if necessary).&nbsp;</p>
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