5 years ago ex-Blizzard devs started their own game studio.. | Asmongold TV

In 2020, as Mike Morhaime was figuring out what to do after leaving Blizzard Entertainment—the company he co-founded and led for nearly three decades—he and his wife Amy started talking to former colleagues who were also thinking about their next move. The question that emerged was simple: what if they joined forces to create a place where game developers could focus on making things they were genuinely passionate about, in an environment that supported their best work? Five years later, that idea became Dreamhaven, a publisher and developer now unveiling its first slate of games.

What Dreamhaven is trying to build

Morhaime describes Dreamhaven as having two internal development teams—MoonShot Games and Secret Door—plus a central publishing team that helps bring games to players. The company also partners with independent developers, offering guidance and sometimes stepping in as publisher when those relationships deepen. The stated goal is to "create games that brought people together in positive ways." The four games shown at the Game Awards reveal give a sense of the range: Sunderfolk, a board-game-inspired RPG designed for shared-screen play with friends; Linked: Banner of the Spark, a "cozy" robot apocalypse game with town-building elements; Mechabellum, an auto-battling strategy game that scratches the RTS itch without requiring high APM; and Wild Gate, a cr