Sixteen Tons Leisure is altering management, with founder and former CEO Ralph Inventory stepping down and handing the reins to Jan Richter.
Richter joined the studio this month from ZeptoLab the place he’d been working for the previous 4 years, most not too long ago as head of product and design. Previous to that, he labored on the likes of Mighty Bear Video games, Bigpoint, and SnapDragon Video games, in a profession spanning nearly 20 years.
Inventory based Sixteen Tons Leisure in 1993, with the studio primarily identified for its Emergency sequence.
He commented: „I look again with gratitude and a little bit of pleasure on the previous three many years, the place we have created modern video games which have delighted gamers worldwide. With the Emergency franchise, we have definitely introduced contemporary concepts to the real-time technique style and established a model that has endured.
„I’m happy handy over the studio to Jan’s succesful arms. It feels reassuring to know that my life’s work will probably be carried on by Phoenix and Sixteen Tons. I sit up for many extra profitable video games from this excellent group.“
Richter added: „I am actually excited to tackle the management of Sixteen Tons Leisure and proceed the wonderful work Ralph has performed. Utilizing my background in F2P and cell video games, I can not wait to assist this improbable studio develop much more and obtain new milestones.“
Sixteen Tons Leisure was acquired by Phoenix Games in January 2020.