2weeks
Making breakout hits on the open web for you and your friends.
About
We specialize in rapidly developing experimental prototypes to identify games that can become breakout hits and durable franchises, and we're working in public to directly involve our audience in the process.
From their website
2weeks.games ↗2weeks is a game studio founded in 2024 that focuses on bringing great games to new players by iterating rapidly and utilizing a custom toolkit and distribution methods. They emphasize modernizing classic online games for new audiences and platforms, starting with Guild Wars Reforged.
Built a new toolkit from scratch with a new engine, pipelines, processes, and distribution methods; spends time making experimental games fast and improving toolkit; applying toolkit to modernize games for new players and ensure good experiences on controllers and Steam Deck; starting with updating Guild Wars Reforged for broader accessibility.
Who it’s for: Gamers and players new to established titles; developers seeking rapid iteration and modernized experiences on contemporary platforms; studios/publishers interested in toolkit-driven modernization
- rapid iteration across game development
- custom engine and toolkits
- new distribution methods
- support for controllers and Steam Deck
- modernization of classic online games
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Founded in 2024; working on updates to a well-known title (Guild Wars Reforged); emphasis on toolkit development and experimentation
Founders · 2
Industry veteran with more than two decades of experience establishing and developing new franchises at ArenaNet, Double Fine, and Oculus
Hello! I'm Richard Foge. I've been making games professionally since the mid-90s on a range of hardware from arcade cabinets to modern consoles. I have managed to contribute to a diverse set of genres from racing (Jet Moto 3, Road Rash 64, and Kinetica)—shooters (Socom: FireTeam Bravo 1 & 2)—MMOs (Guild Wars 1 & 2)—and third-person action games (God of War 1 and State of Decay 1 & 2). This wide array of experiences has done a solid job of preparing me for the crazy range of projects that we are working on now at 2weeks, which are far and away the most exciting games I've ever worked on. My favorite game serieses of all time are Monster Hunter, Diablo, Conquest of Elysium, and Dominions. When I'm not working on games, I am working on games. It's pretty much all I do. I am not a very exciting person. Fun fact: If you don't like QTEs you can direct at least some of your ire towards me. They had definitely been in plenty of games before, but my work in GoW popularized them and contributed a lot to their proliferation. Sorry, not sorry.
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