Theorycraft's first game is code-named Loki.

Theorycraft keeps hiring to build whimsical apocalyptic fantasy world code-named Loki

Theorycraft Games isn’t revealing that much about its game yet, but the studio wants us to know that it’s been hiring some of the best people in the industry.

And Theorycraft is disclosing this much about what its team of former Riot Games and other studio veterans is working on: “a grim, yet whimsical, pop-apocalyptic fantasy world set in the sky.” The game’s code name is Loki, and, no, that doesn’t tell you what it’s about.

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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.