Studio Wildcard

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Wildcard Properties, LLC
SDE Inc.
Websitestudiowildcard.com

Wildcard Properties, LLC (

Ark II
, was announced in December 2020.

History

Jeremy Stieglitz and Augi Lye founded the developer

non-compete agreement, barring him from competing with and hiring employees from Trendy Entertainment for three years. Pursuant to an agreement signed in July that year, Stieglitz was bound to Trendy Entertainment until August 15, 2014, with the length of his non-compete agreement in turn reduced to one year. Stieglitz consequently left the company that August, stating that he would take a break before re-entering the video game industry. According to Trendy Entertainment, Stieglitz had been secretly approaching the company's staff with the prospect of joining a new video game studio, so the company's lawyers reminded him of the non-compete agreement on August 18, 2014.[2][3]

Stieglitz founded Studio Wildcard in October 2014.

Snail Games.[8]

During 2015, Trendy Entertainment and its lawyers repeatedly contacted Stieglitz in regard to his involvement with Studio Wildcard, including through a

Alachua County. The company alleged that Stieglitz had violated the non-compete agreement by establishing Studio Wildcard, developing Ark: Survival Evolved, and hiring employees from Trendy Entertainment. At the time of the lawsuit, Studio Wildcard employed six former Trendy Entertainment staffers, including two key programmers whose departure was stated to have caused "substantial damages" for Trendy Entertainment. The lawsuit further alleged that Studio Wildcard's technology used for Ark appeared "indistinguishable" to Trendy Entertainment's PlayVerse technology, and that Studio Wildcard had hired the contractor Instinct Games away from Trendy Entertainment. It also claimed that listing Browning Stieglitz under her maiden name—as opposed to her married name, which had been used for her roles in Yum Cupcakery, Sarkara Sweets, and Ingenue Avenue—had been an effort to conceal Stieglitz's role within Studio Wildcard. Insight Venture Partners filed a parallel lawsuit on February 11, 2016.[2][3]

Through the lawsuit, Trendy Entertainment sought for

Internet trolls.[10] The parties ultimately settled for $40 million on April 13, 2016.[9][10]

By February 2016, Studio Wildcard employed 60 people at its office in

Ark II, was announced at The Game Awards 2020.[17] Vin Diesel, who stars in Ark II, joined Studio Wildcard as "president of creative convergence" (executive producer) to oversee the game.[18] In October 2023, Studio Wildcard was said to facilitate the re-release of massive multiplayer online game Myth of Empires by Angela Game.[19]

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s)
2017 Ark: Survival Evolved
Xbox Series X/S
Ark: Survival of the Fittest
 		PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
2023 Ark: Survival Ascended PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
2025
Ark 2
 		TBA

References

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  7. ^ "Wildcard Properties, LLC v. Pride Games Studio et al". Justia. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021. Filing 3: CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Plaintiff Wildcard Properties, LLC identifying SDE Inc. as Corporate Parent. (Wheeler, Brian)
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  14. ^ Kuchera, Ben (December 6, 2018). "Ark Survival Evolved creators' new game is a massive pirate MMO called Atlas". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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  19. ^ Batchelor, James (October 11, 2023). "Myth of Empires legal dispute over allegedly stolen Ark: Survival Evolved source code now settled". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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