Mastermind Studios is creating Quest of Heroes: Clash of Ages.
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IDG Ventures-backed vets of Funzio and Crime City launch their first game at new studios

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A team of designers of a hit mobile game are giving it a try again with something new.

Mastermind Studios, started by former Gree and Funzio game designers, is launching its first game today, a free-to-play mobile fantasy title on iOS called Quest of Heroes: Clash of Ages. Dan Chao, co-creator of the game and former lead designer on some big mobile hits like Crime City, said that the company simply wanted to create a classic role-playing game with fast and strategic action. It shows that, even in the age of dominance of tiles like Machine Zone’s Game of War: Fire Age and Supercell’s Clash of Clans, mobile game developers are still taking a stab at the brass ring.

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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.