'It’s a bit of an existential priority for us to stand out': ex-Ubisoft and Bethesda devs on new studio Soft Rains, longevity, and debut sci-fi game Ambrosia Sky

“It’s always been a scary and a risky space,” Joel Burgess says of the games industry. But the studio head of Soft Rains and creative director of Ambrosia Sky thinks it’s been “electrified and on fire lately”.

That hasn’t deterred the former Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Grindstone dev from founding a studio with others from a wealth of AAA and indie backgrounds. “Several of us have relatively long careers and felt like it was a good time to be owning our destiny,” he says.