Studio founded by Diablo and Diablo II team want to revolutionize the ARPG on $4.5 million budget
Moon Beast aims to revolutionize ARPGs with a $4.5M budget and user-generated content.

Moon Beast Productions, created by industry experts Phil Shenk, Peter Hu, and Erich Schaefer, targets ARPG innovation with a $4.5 million budget. Their mission is to explore new design directions beyond typical hack-and-slash conventions.
The team's extensive experience from projects like Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Torchlight fuels their drive for groundbreaking action RPGs. They emphasize creating more dynamic worlds, with Schaefer keen on rediscovering and evolving elements that made early Diablo games successful.
Focus on user-generated content (UGC) is a significant goal, aiming to introduce tools that allow players to create and mod games effortlessly. Overwolf, an angel investor, supports Moon Beast's vision to inspire new gameplay experiences, similar to the MOBA emergence from Warcraft III mods.