Player First Games

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Player First Games was a game studio founded in 2019 and established in Los Angeles, CA. They were the studio developing MultiVersus.

Originally an indie studio, Player First Games later became a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Games after being acquired on July 22nd, 2024.[1] Shortly following the game's closure, Warner Bros. Games would reportedly shut the studio down (alongside Monolith Productions and WB Games San Diego) on February 25th, 2025.[2]

Official Description

Player First Games is a new game company founded to create games to serve under-served and passionate communities of gamers. Started by industry veterans, Player First Games seeks talented professionals who want to build a company aligned to a mission of player trust and service.[3]



Main Staff

Employees

Employees
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Description

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Tony Huynh

CEO and CoFounder

Tony has been a combat and systems designer and lead for 15 years on titles like God of War 3, God of War Ascension and League of Legends. Tony and Chris met while leading a game team at Riot Games.

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Chris White

CTO and CoFounder

Chris has over a decade of experience in game and platform development. He focuses on building and leading product focused engineering teams.

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Artak Avakyan

Animation Director

Artak is both a skilled animator and tech artist. He was the cinematic lead on God of War: Ascension, where he built numerous animation pipelines and tools. Prior to joining us, he ran his own indie studio, Lightbound Studios, focused on VR games.

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Stefan Kovatchev

Audio Director

Stefan is a lifelong sound designer with a passion for game audio that has been lucky enough to work for companies like Respawn, Blizzard, and Amazon Game Studios, having most recently worked with the audio team on Jedi: Fallen Order. After seven years in the industry, Stefan joins us as our Audio Director

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Daniel Kraft

Principal Developer

Daniel has worked in the games industry for nearly a decade. He has animated and been a development generalist on projects like League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Hawken.

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Lis Walmsley

Operations Manager

Lis brings two decades of Human Resources and Operations experience to the studio. She keeps everything around the office running smoothly and efficiently.

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Craig Louie

Principal System Designer

Craig joins us from Sledgehammer Games, where he drove the design and implementation of numerous systems on the Call of Duty franchise.

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Khai Tran

Lead Technical Artist

Past Employees

Past Employees
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Jon Diesta

Art Director

Concept artist turned Art Director, Jon has been in the games industry for over 14 years working on various Disney Interactive and Warner brothers titles. His most notable work was on Disney Infinity for the character designs and art direction.

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Katie Hancock

Production Lead

Before coming to Player First Games, Katie worked at FoxNext and Disney Interactive. She has years of experience with art and outsourcing pipelines, as well as producing on engineering and game design teams. Now, she can’t wait to create games players are going to love for years to come.

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Veigar Bouius

Director of Product

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Ricky Linn

Lead UI/UX Artist

Mascot

The PFG Mascot.

The Player First Games logo features a mascot character: a simplistic, white humanoid silhouette with a red cape. They make several appearances in the core game via selectable cosmetics, such as Banners, Ringouts, and Profile Icons.

While their official name is not known (if it has one), several fans referred to them as "PFG Guy". Without official clarification, the name was somewhat canonized with the similarly named "PFG Snow-guy" Banner, which features a snowman version of the mascot.

Several similar silhouettes of other colors surround the mascot in the "PFG Team" Ringout VFX. These other characters supposedly represent the main staff at PFG, which could also be true for the main mascot.

List of Games

Gallery

Images

  • Promo for job applications at Player First Games.
    Promo for job applications at Player First Games.
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  • Official Tony Huynh Valentines Day card.
    Official Tony Huynh Valentines Day card.
  • A message from PFG's Twitter thanking players for participating in the Open Beta.
    A message from PFG's Twitter thanking players for participating in the Open Beta.
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  • Player First Games' Twitter profile picture.
    Player First Games' Twitter profile picture.
  • Player First Games' Twitter profile picture during Pride Month 2023.
    Player First Games' Twitter profile picture during Pride Month 2023.
  • Player First Games' Twitter banner (based on their website artwork).
    Player First Games' Twitter banner (based on their website artwork).
  • Screenshot from inside PFG's office, with all employees playing with bananas to celebrate Banana Guard's reveal.
    Screenshot from inside PFG's office, with all employees playing with bananas to celebrate Banana Guard's reveal.
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  • Meme posted by the official PFG Twitter account about the community demanding more characters.
    Meme posted by the official PFG Twitter account about the community demanding more characters.

Videos

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YouTube
PFG New Year Thanks Video - MVS

Links

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/warner-bros-games-multiversus-player-first-games-acquisition
  2. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/warner-bros-shuts-three-video-game-studios-in-restructuring?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDUxMzA2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTE3ODY1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzk2MEtUMEFGQjUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.SBfLQKCACjjIuwN0vWXzYzPc6sRVo4CJwy7a-N9ltB4
  3. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/player-first-games
Companies involved with MultiVersus
1st/2nd-Party
Warner Bros. Discovery • Warner Bros. Games • Player First Games
3rd Party
Twitch • McDonald's • List of Minor 3rd-Party Companies
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