Korean games giant NCSoft has made an investment in first-person studio Emptyvessel.
VentureBeat reports that this is a strategic equity investment in the developer, though no figure has been placed on the deal. This is the start of a long-term partnership, apparently, and has been made via NCSoft's NC West North American subsidiary.
Emptyvessel is working on Defect, a first-person cyberpunk squad-based shooter, and boasts talent that has worked on the likes of Doom, Quake, Borderlands and The Last of Us.
“We started working on Defect with a simple belief, that great games come from focused, passionate teams who are empowered to take creative risks,” said Emptyvessel game director Emanuel Palalic.
“That’s why we’re excited to partner with NCSoft. From the start, they’ve understood our goal, not just to build a game, but to build a better environment for the developers behind it. NCSoft’s support and expertise will help us take Defect and Empty Vessel to the next level.”
NCSoft co-CEO Byung-moo Park added: “Emptyvessel is a triple-A development studio established by game art and sound experts with successful experience and fandom in the global major genre of shooting games. We will continue to invest in securing new global IPs and building a genre-specific cluster pipeline.”
