Marvelous announced that one of its development studios, 1st Studio, is currently recruiting a wide range of developers, in order to strengthen its planning and development of next gen games, most notably onPS5andXbox series X.
1st Studio handled many games at Marvelous, such asDaemon x Machina, theFate/Extellaseries, and theSoul Sacrificeseries. It also participated in the development ofGod Eater 3for Bandai Namco, the series' publisher and IP holder.
Moreover, the renewed page for 1st Studio mentions it’s currently working on multiple projects, most being Action and RPG works. to tackle all these projects and bring them to fruition, Marvelous is looking for highly motivated new personnel. Keeping itself competitive in the always changing global gaming market.
Lastly, in order to appeal to new recruits, Marvelouspublisheda plethora of interviews with its own existing staff. Character designers, planners, programmers, etc.
List of games developed by 1st Studio:
This is a pretty interesting move from Marvelous seeing the studio’s recent projects. And how it’s striving to get back in the game as much as possible. Studios at Marvelous are most notably working on new titles for two of their most popular IPs. We haveRune Factory 5, launching July 01, 2025 in Japan on Switch. (Sometime later in USA). AndStory of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town,coming to Switch in USA on July 04, 2025.
Marvelous also recently publishedSakuna: of Rice and Ruin,a Japanese indie game which made it big worldwide. In particular thanks to its appearances on Nintendo Direct. As we explained back in May 2020,Tencent bought 20% of Marvelous' shares, in order to grow its influence not only on Japanese games but on anime as well. Marvelous is heavily participating in the production of anime and anime related stage plays. In any case, I’m looking forward to what Marvelous has in store when it comes to RPGs on Xbox Series X and PS5.
