Room 8 Group unveils trailer and cinematic production studio Heroic | Pocket Gamer.biz

Room 8 Group has unveiled Heroic, a brand new studio centered on high-end trailer manufacturing for cellular, PC, and console titles.

Heroic beforehand operated because the Trailers & Cinematics unit inside Room 8 Studio. Its formation as a full-fledged studio sees it be part of Room 8 Studio, PUGA Studios, Large Black, Dragons Lake, and Stable Bash below the Room 8 Group umbrella. Heroic will probably be part of the group’s Artwork Service Line.

The studio is led by Head of CG Sandy Heslop, who brings greater than 20 years of expertise in VFX, previsualisation artwork, and 3D animation throughout video games, movie, TV, and promoting.

“Overseeing the growth of the Trailers & Cinematics Unit of Room 8 Studio right into a full-fledged model has been an thrilling journey,” mentioned Heslop. “Heroic has an intensive roadmap for 2023-2025, with plans to work with the most recent cloud applied sciences to boost our capabilities, in addition to help the workflows and pipelines. Being a part of such a artistic setting filled with formidable, gifted, skilled artists is exhilarating, and I’m proud to have the privilege of managing the studio’s artistic processes.”

A Heroic journey

Heroic’s group consists of over 40 staff specialising in in-game cutscenes, cinematic trailers, and CG. The group has labored with over 15 publishers 450 trailers for 25 video games, with a challenge record that features Empires and Puzzles, Outfire, and Energy Rangers: Legacy Wars.

“With the brand new model launched and two massive M&A offers closed in 2022, Room 8 Group proved that we’re able to rising and strengthening our positions within the online game trade regardless of the worldwide instabilities,” mentioned Room 8 Group chairman Sviatoslav Pohrebnoi. “In 2023, we don’t intend to decelerate and launching a brand new model centered on CG and high-end trailer manufacturing is simply step one. The group of impassioned skilled artists and storytellers we gathered at Heroic is absolutely one of many strongest within the trade. I’ve to doubt that in a couple of years’ time, Heroic is ready to turn into a family identify in trailer manufacturing.”

“Final 12 months was one of the vital important for Room 8 Group by way of artwork manufacturing,” mentioned Room 8 Group CEO Anna Kozlova. “Firstly, now we have arrived on the level the place our Artwork Service Line was able to offering end-to-end artwork manufacturing of any complexity. Secondly, we have been considerably boosted by the addition of two studios to the Group’s household of manufacturers. Now, with Heroic’s launch, our Artwork Service Line actually turns into probably the greatest artistic crews within the recreation trade, excelling in any respect up to date visible artwork genres, kinds, and mediums.”

Final month, trade veteran Matthew Zoern was appointed head of studio at Studio Bash.