Former DICE and Spark devs launch indie venture Fugitive Games

Newsbrief: After months of work, a group of former triple-A developers from the likes of DICE ( Battlefield 4 ) and Spark Unlimited ( Lost Planet 3 ) have formally launched a new indie studio in Santa Monica, California: Fugitive Games .

This is the latest example of a long-running trend that sees experienced developers quitting the large-scale studio business to launch their own indie ventures. At present, four people constitute Fugitive: former Battlefield 4 developers Ben Jones and Marc Janas, plus former Lost Planet 3 team members Alden Fillion and Roy Orr.

The quartet have also roped in game composer Jack Wall ( Mass Effect, Lost Planet 3 ) to potentially work on their upcoming interstellar survival sim Into the Stars , which Fugitive is trying to fund through Kickstarter.