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Hero Concept received investment from WePlay Ventures with a valuation of 3 Million Dollars

Turkey’s first and only studio that develops games for PC and all console platforms, Hero Concept, received an investment of 3 Million Dollars from WePlay Ventures, which invests in game startups. They will soon publish their third game, named Mayhem Brawler, on Steam, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One|Series X, Nintendo Switch and iiRcade platforms.

Mayhem Brawler will be released on all platforms on August 19th!

Founded by Serkan Özay and Turgut Hakkı Özdemir, two names with more than 20 years of experience in the game industry, Hero Concept is Turkey’s first and only studio that develops games for PC and all console platforms. Gaining great experience with the games Doughlings: Arcade (2018) and Doughlings: Invasion (2019), which they have previously published on these platforms, the startup aims to crown its success in the arcade genre with their third project, Mayhem Brawler. Bringing the 90’s arcade spirit to the present day, urban fantasy themed beat ’em up game Mayhem Brawler will be released to users simultaneously on Steam, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One|Series X, Nintendo Switch and iiRcade platforms on August 19th. Aiming to expand its team with the investment they have received, Hero Concept aims to become one of the most important game studios in the world in this category by expanding the Mayhem universe in its next projects.


“We are very happy to have two experienced teams come together”

Serkan Özay, Founding Partner of Hero Concept, expressed the happiness of acting together with an investment company that has been established in the game world and is experienced in this sector as a team with many years of experience in the game industry; “With the participation of WePlay, we have taken another important step towards making Hero Concept a studio where young people will be eager to work. I wanted to emphasize this especially, because it is something that I miss a lot at the time.” said. WePlay Ventures Investment Director Burak Yılmaz; “We are very happy that an experienced team like Hero Concept has joined the WePlay family with the ability to develop multi-platform games at the same time. I sincerely believe that they will achieve great success in all the games they will develop, especially in Mayhem Brawler. We have a lot of fun playing Hero Concept’s games. I’m sure users will have the same pleasure as us on August 19th.” expressed his views.

To get to know the Hero Concept better and to examine the Mayhem Brawler game, you can check out the website and watch the Mayhem Brawler, PlayStation Gameplay Trailer from the link.