£12m funding to boost developer's debut title

Published date17 April 2024
Publication titleJournal, The
The Newcastle headquartered specialist in multiplayer survival genre games, which also has Norwegian studios in Oslo, announced the Series A round which features the backing of Tirta Ventures and Overwolf, alongside existing investors GEM Capital, Acequia Capital, Likelike Capital, The Games Fund and Behold Ventures

The city centre firm will use the funds to boost development of its debut title, so far codenamed Project Coltrane, including an intention to create 25 jobs.

It comes less than a year since Red

Rover was created by a team with experience across the industry including at studios Ubisoft Reflections and Funcom. Last June the business raised $5m (£4.01m) in seed funding.

It hopes Project Coltrane will usher in a new era of survival gameplay by delivering what it says is a fast-paced and replayable player-vsplayer experience set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring a train. Red Rover says the game is intended to "challenge the conventions of the survival genre".

Krafton is a gaming giant which reported revenue of £1.06bn for 2022 and has published games worldwide. The 17-year-old company is responsible for multiple games studios across the world including PUBG Studios, Vector North and RisingWings, among others.

Fred Richardson, Red Rover CEO, said: "Our rapid progress to date can largely be attributed to our commitment to validation driven development, deeply involving our community and content creators right from the get-go.

"It has been a cornerstone of our development philosophy, ensuring we really focus on the most impactful things to our playerbase over everything else."

He added: "We're extremely...

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