Ex-BioWare, Dino Hab vets launch “friendslop” focused studio, Broadcast Games

With the tagline “fun to play, fun to watch,” developer Broadcast Games is probably not gonna break the world with a unique tagline, but what it is might be seen as some sort of reclaim of the term or, at the very least, disassociating “friendslop” as a bad term like devs seem to feel it is.

Spearheaded by Ken Thain, Emmalyn Rynard, and Dimitri Mitchell, the former having worked on Mass Effect while the trio as a whole worked on the dino hatching and raising sim, Dino Hab.

Broadcast Games hasn’t revealed its first project, but it’s focusing on “short-form cooperative games” with heavy inspiration stemming from PEAK and Meccha Chameleon. Based on its press release, it also seems dedicated to offer budget-friendly games, a staple for friendslop experiences, citing “less than a movie ticket.”

“For less than a movie ticket, you can get a few friends together on Friday night and still be playing on Sunday. What interests us is how ambitious we can be with these games while still holding onto what made us fall in love with them in the first place.”

We’re sure the actual games will technically be more than a movie ticket, but here’s hoping whatever Broadcast Games has in store will at least give gamers a longer lasting experience.

Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger | Editor-in-Chief

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