Valve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer

Valve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer

Hopoo Games' co-founders and other staff members are joining Valve.

Risk of Rain 2's creators, along with 'many other' devs from Hopoo, have been snapped up by Valve—which means the end of the studio's unannounced game

Going the way of the Campo.

Californian police are confiscating Teslas in order to obtain evidence of crimes that have taken place in the surrounding area with their video recordings. (Tesla, electric car)

Former Risk of Rain developers join Valve for future projects

After releasing the phenomenal Risk of Rain Returns and letting Gearbox take control and development of Risk of Rain 2 - for better or for worse - Hopoo Games' next project was a big mystery. Now, however, that mystery is being put on hold as studio heads take on roles at Valve. More specifically, Valve is essentially subsuming a significant chunk of Hopoo Games. This includes Hopoo co-founders Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse, as well as a host…

Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse, co-founders of Hopoo Games, are joining Valve. The former announced this on social media. Hopoo Games is the developer of the roguelike games Risk of Rain and Risk of Rain 2.

Risk of Rain creator Hopoo Games has joined Valve as a game development studio

{Valve} has bolstered and expanded its game development efforts by adding a new studio to its ranks. The {Deadbolt} and {Risk of Rain} studio {Hopoo Games} has joined the famed company as one of its partnered developers, meaning it will now be taking on the task and duties of working on projects from {Valve} itself. The cost for such a partnership is that Hopoo will be closing down production on its current work, a title only known as {Snail} a…