MMORPG and Shooter Veterans Form Distinct Possibility Studios
Distinct Possibility Studios has successfully raised over $30.5 million in funding led by Bitkraft and Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from the Tezos Foundation, Hashed, Delphi Ventures, Shima Capital, North Island Ventures, Decasonic, and others to launch their open-world persistent world shooter REAPER ACTUAL.
The new development studio was founded by former persistent world creators John Smedley, Matt Higby, Trammel Isaac, Michael Hunley, and Tammy McDonald. This team is known for some of the biggest MMOs and shooters ever created. Their new studio is dedicated to bringing their Open-World Persistent Shooter REAPER ACTUAL to life as their first game.
“We believe that often in games the magic happens at the intersection of two genres. We think Distinct Possibility Studios is a great example of this thesis. We see that magic happening with their Open-World Persistent Shooter REAPER ACTUAL which mixes the MMORPG and FPS genres in a truly unique way. We couldn’t be more excited than to back veterans of franchises like EverQuest, PlanetSide and H1Z1” - Carlos Pereira, General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures.
Together, with a core team in their San Diego offices and co-developed with Big Moxi Games, one of LATAM’s premier studios, Distinct Possibility Studios plans to lead the next great generation of Open-World Persistent Shooters. “Our studio has been working hard for two years on Reaper Actual. We like to make big games and our goal is to build a dynamic world where every battle matters. Our team is excited to show what we have built to the fans who have been with us for decades.” - John Smedley, CEO Distinct Possibility Studios.
REAPER ACTUAL will be available on Steam, the Epic Game Store and reaperactual.com once it's launched. The version available from reaperactual.com will allow players to access an optional Web3 marketplace to buy and sell items they obtain in the game like gun skins, new Reaper skins, bases, and rare items they craft. This Web3 marketplace also allows players to make these same items and sell them to each other. Distinct Possibility Studios has selected the Etherlink blockchain for the Web3 portions of the game.