<ul><li>Lightforge Games, a game developer founded by industry veterans from prominent developers such as Activision Blizzard and Epic Games, raised USD 15 million in a Series A funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures. The round also included the participation of  Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Dune Ventures. The round follows its USD 5 million seed round in May 2021 .</ul> 

• The funds will be used for the development of its first game which was announced to be a cross-platform role-playing game (RPG).

<ul><li> Analyst QuickTake : Lightforge Games aims to build a cross-platform RPG with social elements and intends to blend aspects of Minecraft with tabletop RPGs in its first release. Lightforge’s founder Matt Schembar previously spent eight years at Blizzard and another five years at Epic, where he led the Fortnite platform team. The team includes industry veterans who have collectively contributed to hit esports games such as Fortnite, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Hearthstone, the StarCraft 2 trilogy, Overwatch, and Elder Scrolls Online.</ul>