Automaton raises $10 million for survival game where 1,000 players fight in 12 square kilometers

Automaton is a new game studio in the United Kingdom, and it’s raised $10 million to make an online survival game built on simulation technology from infrastructure firm Improbable. In the game, as many as 1,000 players will be able to fight in a combat arena that is about 12 kilometers square.

The Cambridge, England-based studio, which previously made a multiplayer stealth combat game dubbed Deceit, has shown off some environment scenes that sure look pretty, but of course we’ll have to wait and see if the game can live up to these promises. Cambridge Venture Partners led the investment, which follows closely after another $10 million investment round for a different Improbable partner, Bossa Studios.