Team “Looking for Group”, stylized as teamLFG, is the newest game development studio addition to the PlayStation Studios family. The crew at teamLFG originated from within Bungie but also includes a host of other industry talents that have worked on games like Halo, League of Legends, Destiny, Roblox, Rec Room, and Fortnite.
The team seems driven to attempt a recreation or revitalization of the era when social gaming was at its peak, citing friendship, community, belonging, and excitement when playing with friends online. This announcement has me reminiscing about the days when I would get on Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with my parents, buddies from school, and friends we had made online from all over the world, and we would all have the best time running around in multiplayer together for hours a day.
Video games serving as a virtual hang out for people of all walks of life was a unifying and communal experience, one that could use a dedicated studio’s ambitions to bring it back. This was a social trend that doesn’t seem to exist in the capacity or popularity that it once did, and I am excited to see how teamLFG brings this vision to life.
Here is what the studio had to say:
“Hello, world. It’s a delight to meet you, and we’re very grateful to be joining PlayStation Studios. Our studio is headquartered in Bellevue, WA, with team members working both on-site and remotely throughout the U.S. and Canada. We are a team composed not just of industry veterans who have shipped titles like Destiny, Halo, League of Legends, Fortnite, Roblox, and Rec Room, but also industry newcomers with fresh creative perspectives and skills. We are passionate about exceptional action-based gameplay, moment-to-moment game feel, and richly social virtual worlds.
The “LFG” in “teamLFG” stands for “Looking For Group.” We are driven by a mission to create games where players can find friendship, community, and belonging. We want our players to feel excited when they log on to discover their teammates already hanging out online. We want our players to recognize familiar names and to make myths and memes out of each other. We want our players to love remembering that one time where they pulled off That Play that changed the whole story of the match. As we say on the team – dat’s da good stuff.
We will make immersive multiplayer worlds propelled by action games that players can learn, play, and master for countless hours. We want to build our games with our communities, inviting players to be a part of our development process through early access playtests. It’s critical that we stay nimble enough to react to player feedback, not just in our lead-up to launch, but throughout live service as we continue to grow the game and community for years to come.
Our first game is a team-based action game that draws inspiration from fighting games, platformers, MOBAs, life sims, and frog-type games. Players will inhabit a lighthearted, comedic world set in brand-new, mythic, science-fantasy universe. We can’t wait to reveal more. ‘Til then, we’ll do our best! Thanks for reading.”
–teamLFG
