Developer Gardens has announced that it has raised a total of $31.1 million USD in Series A funding with support from major gaming platforms, publishers, and industry veterans.

Lightspeed Venture Partners and Krafton led the seeding round while developers including Dreamhaven, TIRTA, and other industry vets participated in helping Gardens raise the total seed amount.

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With the new funding, the developer has added former Microsoft Chairman, John Thompson, Former Sony President and CEO Jack Tretton, former Tencent President and Take-Two CEO Ben Feder, and Yamauchi No. 10 from the Nintendo Family to its advisory team.

Gardens co-founder and CTO Lexie Dostal said:

It’s both inspiring and validating to see so much excitement around our vision for this game and studio, especially from these incredibly accomplished investors and partners. Folks with deep ties to Blizzard, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, PUBG, Riot Games, Tencent, and more are all coming together around Gardens; we couldn’t be more excited for the party we’ve assembled and the next chapter of our adventure together.

Gardens has also confirmed that the studio’s upcoming game will be an ever-evolving online PvPvE fantasy adventure sandbox ARPG. The team includes industry veterans from such acclaimed games as What Remains of Edith Finch, Ultima Online, Outer Wilds, Tunic, Dustforce, Ashen, and films including The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tintin.

The team and support that Gardens has is phenomenal. We can’t wait to see how their first game turns out to be. We will let our readers know when more news is shared regarding the studio’s upcoming title.