Former Grand Theft Auto series producer Leslie Benzies has raised £32 million ($40.8 million) in funding toward his current project: open-world sci-fi title Everywhere.
According to
The Telegraph with data from consultancy Beauhurt, funding came from Netease, Makers, and cryptocurrency investor Galaxy Interactive.
The funding will support Benzies' studio Build a Rocket boy, which he established after he departed Rockstar Games in 2016.
The studio was initially called Royal Circus Games, and was opened
alongside a collective of other studios specifically to work on Everywhere.
However, Benzies' former employer Rockstar
threatened legal action in 2019 over the studio's name, claiming that Royal Circus Games' acronym (RCG) was too close to Rockstar Games (RSG), and that the studio was additionally trying to poach Rockstar employees -- the
name change was announced in October 2018.
Both parties engaged in
a legal battle running from 2016 through 2019 in which Benzies accused Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive over "numerous deceptions" including allegedly forcing him from the company and terminating owed royalty payments. The case reached a settlement last year
Cant wait to see the competition Rockstar finna have on PS5 & Xbox
you think sony not paying attention of having their own in house GTA series by the original creators of the series???
