Ex-Motorstorm, DriveClub leads found Wushu Studios to make indie sci-fi game

More senior development leads are leaving behind big publishers and triple-A blockbuster gaming to start something smaller and independent, and Wushu Studios is the latest example of this trend. Former Evolution Studios designers and directors, who worked on DriveClub and more, announced today that they have come together to start Wushu in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, with the goal of producing new kinds of gaming experiences. The company formed in August, and it has already worked on the prototyping phase for a new sci-fi adventure.

Wushu’s founders include studio lead Alan McDermott, design director Nigel Kershaw, and art director Stuart Trevor. McDermott was an audio director at Evolution for 11 years before working on the VR god sim Tethered in 2016. Kershaw was director on MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, a beloved arcade racer for the PlayStation 3. He has over 30 years of game-design experience, working with Ocean Software, Deep Silver, and Sumo Digital. Trevor was lead artist and creative lead at Evolution, and he also worked on the critically acclaimed role-playing adventure Dark Souls and the open-world Saint’s Row crime games over the last 15 years.