Rob Pardo’s Bonfire Studios announces team-based PvP game Arkheron

It has been eight long years since Rob Pardo, the former World of Warcraft lead designer and chief creative officer at Blizzard Entertainment, founded Bonfire Studios. In that time, not much could be heard from the team he assembled in Orange County, California, but that silence has been broken: Bonfire Studios revealed that its debut game, Arkheron, will be a team-based PvP experience and is currently in private testing. There is not much information about the setting or even the exact genre, though the website of the studio hints at a more fantasy-inspired project than, say, a sci-fi shooter. Interested players can sign up for tests there. “We’ve been quietly building an early community of players for our first game, Arkheron. We're now getting ready to expand our playtest and invite more people to join us on this journey,” the website states. “Our team-based PvP game combines elements from multiple genres to create something fresh and a little unconventional. It’s still a work-in-progress and hasn’t been