Jake Solomon is CEO and creative director of Midsummer Studios.
Jake Solomon is CEO and creative director of Midsummer Studios.
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Ex-XCOM and The Sims devs launch Midsummer Studios to reinvent life sims

Former developers of XCOM and The Sims have launched Midsummer Studios to reinvent the life sim genre. The company has raised $6 million.

The Hunt Valley, Maryland-based company has amassed a team of veteran developers behind legendary games such as Sid Meier’s Civilization, XCOM and The Sims.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.