On August 22, 2022, Gallium Studios, an independent game studio founded by video game designers Will Wright (The Sims, SimCity, Spore) and Lauren Elliott (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego), announced the raising of $6 million in funding to help develop simulation games that utilize blockchain technology. Gallium’s first projects include VoxVerse, which Wright helped design for Gala Games, and Proxi, a memory simulation game, which utilize blockchain technology. The financing was provided by Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the world’s largest venture funds specializing in gaming. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Gallium on the transaction.

Wright and Elliot founded Gallium Studios to make creator-oriented simulation games that seamlessly incorporate the latest Web3 and AI technologies. This new investment provides Gallium Studios with the resources to grow the team, forge new partnerships, and deliver unique simulation experiences from the minds of some of the most successful designers in the gaming industry.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Gallium included Yokum Taku, Jonathan Chan, Jordan Cruzzavala, and Erik Nguyen.

For more information, please see VentureBeat's interview with founder Will Wright.