02-10-2019, 09:10 AM
Marvel Strike Force dev FoxNext Games opens up indie dev fund
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/marvel-strike-force-dev-foxnext-games-opens-up-indie-dev-fund.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief: </strong>FoxNext Games, the development studio behind the mobile game <em>Marvel Strike Force</em>, has opened up a development fund aimed at arming indie devs with the resources they need to create and release new games.</p>
<p>With an unspecified sum at its disposal, FoxNext Games’ indie fund has already picked up a few projects including Altered Matter’s <em>Etherborn</em> and some yet-unannounced titles.</p>
<p>All in all, the team says its goal is to find and support “like-minded developers focused on innovation, experimentation and a certain amount of creative risk.”</p>
<p>The announcement also comes as FoxNext Games’ parent company 21st Century Fox is moving toward closing a deal that will ultimately see it acquired by Disney. That pending arrangement has been in the works for a little over a year now, but <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/02/fox-reports-steady-q2-net-significant-progress-toward-closing-disney-deal-1202550773/">Deadline</a> reports that the company is making “significant progress” toward closing the merger.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/marvel-strike-force-dev-foxnext-games-opens-up-indie-dev-fund.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief: </strong>FoxNext Games, the development studio behind the mobile game <em>Marvel Strike Force</em>, has opened up a development fund aimed at arming indie devs with the resources they need to create and release new games.</p>
<p>With an unspecified sum at its disposal, FoxNext Games’ indie fund has already picked up a few projects including Altered Matter’s <em>Etherborn</em> and some yet-unannounced titles.</p>
<p>All in all, the team says its goal is to find and support “like-minded developers focused on innovation, experimentation and a certain amount of creative risk.”</p>
<p>The announcement also comes as FoxNext Games’ parent company 21st Century Fox is moving toward closing a deal that will ultimately see it acquired by Disney. That pending arrangement has been in the works for a little over a year now, but <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/02/fox-reports-steady-q2-net-significant-progress-toward-closing-disney-deal-1202550773/">Deadline</a> reports that the company is making “significant progress” toward closing the merger.</p>
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