I wouldn't have ever gotten into video games had it not been for the so-called "girl games" that got me into the hobby as a child – various kinds of Barbie Armageddon taught me I – as a girl, and now a woman with an interest in platform heels – could find creative refuge in games. But Blue Scarab CEO Colin Cragg knows the industry's current churn of fire-powered hero shooters haven't recognized 2000's girls as a serious gaming demographic in years.
With a dev team that includes live service vets from games like Helldivers 2 and World of Warcraft, Blue Scarab hopes to correct that oversight by creating something completely original – a mysterious true crime, horseriding MMORPG Equinox: Homecoming. Yes. While the rest of the industry focuses on pumping out more extraction shooters (like Marathon, Bungie's latest sci-fi project), Blue Scarab's hucking horseshoes.
