![]() "From my perspective I’d really come to love how tightly-knit and supportive that community was over several visits," Gaider said. One of those was choosing where to base the studio, and both founders wanted to have the studio in Melbourne, despite Gaider's long history in Canada at Bioware and, later, Beamdog. "I’d spoken about it a bit to friends, talking about what sorts of projects I’d want to make and the kind of studio I’d want to run, but I felt like it was something I couldn’t do alone."Īfter getting in touch with Esler, the pair realised they were on the same wavelength, and they began thinking about the practical steps to get the studio off the ground. "We’d actually each been thinking of starting a new studio independently," Gaider, who is also giving PAX Australia's keynote speech this year, said to Kotaku Australia over email. ![]() The studio will be called Summerfall Studios and and will be creating an "illustrated character-driven adventure", which will be officially unveiled during Melbourne International Games Week during the Friday of PAX Australia (October 11-13). ![]() This morning we can reveal that the creative genius behind Knights of the Old Republic's HK-47, the lead writer on Dragon Age: Origins and the author behind Dragon Age's prequel books, David Gaider, is opening up a new studio in Melbourne with the help of GX Australia co-director and Beamdog alumni Liam Esler. It's not just Sledgehammer Games that's taking root in Australia. Bioware's Former Lead Writer Is Starting An Australian Studio
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