lodi777-On July 11th, a group of professionals from Nintendo and Sega jointly formed First Break Labs, an independent game publishing and investment company aimed at helping independent developers achieve their first career breakthrough. Based on the team members’ over 20 years of profound industry experience, First Break Labs will provide comprehensive financial assistance and marketing strategies to contracted studios, with professional experience covering a wide range of fields from independent sketches to top AAA games.lodi777
Alfonso Cubias, the Chief Publishing Officer of the company, previously served as the Product Marketing Director at Sega for over five years and held senior marketing positions at Digital Extremes and SmileGate. And his partner, the company’s marketing director Derek Sekleck, also held a marketing position at Sega for nearly five years and worked as a bilingual product expert at Nintendo for four and a half years. Kubias emphasized:lodi777
First Break Labs has a noble mission: to empower independent developers. The most innovative and creative inspirations in the history of gaming often originate from independent studios. Our goal is to provide these talented teams with the necessary resources and support to help them turn their dream games into reality and find their own audience worldwide.lodi777
At the time of its announcement, First Break Labs also revealed the first batch of four independent games signed: Moving Pieces Interactive’s Survivor like game “Entropy Survivors,” Lavabird’s turn based strategy game “Warside,” Fermenter Games’ gravity controlled side scrolling shooter game “Baseless,” and Underwater Fire’s third person adventure game “Particle Hearts.lodi777
