Ashes of Creation claims it’s “now among the largest MMOs in production” thanks to the addition of a large crew of new hires and more on the way. Intrepid Studios posted today that it’s picked up a number of new senior hires – artists, engineers, designers, and so forth – with pedigrees from Disney, Daybreak, SOE, Sigil, EA, and Travian.
“In the coming weeks, a new hiring round for the San Diego studio will begin with 21 new positions as the MMO continues to speed along in production,” writes the studio. “In addition, developers have been spun up in France and Malaysia to bring the total size of the Ashes team to now over 100 of the most talented people in games.”
The studio also noted today that July is the last month players can buy into the alpha 1 package. The first phase of alpha 1 (as opposed to alpha zero, which began at the end of last year) is expected by the end of 2018. Over 8000 gamers have reportedly purchased alpha access so far; Intrepid says it “wants to keep that number below 10,000 for testing purposes in the Alpha 1 stage.”
