Bazooka Tango was founded in 2019 by Bo Daly and Stephan Sherman, veterans from AAA game development who previously created Vainglory at Super Evil Megacorp. The studio is developing Shardbound in collaboration with web3 publisher Immutable; the game blends TCG elements, tactical maneuvers on hex grids and digital collectibles. Key gameplay features include commanders moving across low/high ground, mana and health systems, a Super Meter, an alternate Victory Points win condition, and five distinct commander types. Bazooka Tango ran playtests with roughly 1,000 creators, logged about 10,000 hours watched and amassed over 50,000 pre-registrations. The company plans seasonal content, deck building, leaderboards and broader cross-platform support, with a public beta later this year and an official launch in 2024 on Steam, Epic, Apple and Google stores and eventual mobile. Bazooka Tango raised $5 million to fund Shardbound, grow its team of roughly a dozen people and advance three other in-development titles. Bazooka Tango was founded by Bo Daly and Stephan Sherman, the creators of Vainglory, and is led by gaming veterans with experience at Riot, Rockstar, EA, and NCSoft. The studio's first title, Vainglory All Stars, is a 3-vs-3 mobile multiplayer game built on the E.V.I.L. engine and uses a more cartoon-like, accessible art style. Bazooka Tango emphasizes a scientific, analytics-driven approach, heavily utilizing player behavioral data to drive design and polish features. The company plans to create original IP and a portfolio that mixes successful mobile genres, mobile adaptations of PC/console genres, cross-genre remixes, and ambitious genre-defining titles. The team is currently about 10 employees based in San Mateo, California and has leveraged Super Evil Megacorp's E.V.I.L. engine to accelerate development. Bazooka Tango has raised $2.5 million and says it will scale up over time as it takes on more projects.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

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Equity

Latest activity

Nov 2023