Barely any time has passed since Leslie Benzies announced the first new project of his new game development company, and they're already expanding. Everywhere Game Limited, the company dedicated to the development of the game of the same name, is opening a new studio to join the existing offices in Los Angeles and Edinburgh.
The new studio is located in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Zen Studios and formerly Crytek Hungary both have/had their headquarters in the city. Notably, the former head of the latter, Kristoffer Waardahl, will be leading the new studio.
While it's rare for fresh companies to kick things off with multiple studios and expand immediately, keep in mind that Benzies is probably bringing a whole lot of capital to this new endeavor. In his time at Rockstar Games, he's likely amassed quite the fortune, not to mention his name is probably like catnip for investors.
The studio has already posted three job offers to gamesindustry.biz, seeking an Environment Artist, Engine Programmer and Game Programmer, with the latter two posting requiring 5 years of work experience in their respective fields.
To develop and build a beautiful open world game is one of our core passions and it resonates deeply with the team. When we heard Leslieʼs vision for the game, we jumped at the opportunity to join Everywhere and are delighted to be part of the core team bringing the game alive.
Waardahl joins an already impressive lineup of industry veterans, spearheaded by three ex-Rockstar colleagues, including Benzies himself. The company spread out over three studios already has a number of skilled and talented people on board, with a host of other job openings in the Edinburgh (seemingly the main) studio and Los Angeles studio.
