A group of ex-EA developers and staffers have banded together to create a brand new studio by the name of Three Thousands, and its first game is due to arrive sometime next year.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Three Thousands is based in Melbourne and is headed up by former EA Australia general manager Joseph Donoghue. He'll serve as the new studio's CEO.
Donoghue is joined by ex-EA Melbourne racing general manager Nikhil Kurian, who'll take the position of the CPO at the new company, as well as EA Melbourne creative director Benjamin Dawe, who'll serve as Three Thousands' CCO.
The studio's three founders have, as GamesIndustry.biz points out, "experience developing and managing EA franchises, including Need for Speed and Real Racing", although the latter, unlike the former, hasn't been seen for a good few years now.
Three Thousands' first game is scheduled for 2025, and it sounds like it'll be a racing game, which makes sense given the founders' pedigree.
The studio says it's looking to create something beyond the gaming world, though; it wants to make a "digital ecosystem that connects racing enthusiasts and gamers through interactive entertainment".
Donoghue says the goal with Three Thousands is to "become...
