Barcelona Start-Up Raises Millions To Teach Gamers How To Betray Friends Better
KEY POINTS
- •Brice Laville Saint-Martin left Supercell in 2024 to co-found Antihero Studios in Barcelona with a team of 10.
- •The studio raised over $4.5 million from a16z Speedrun and Laton Ventures for its game 'MISFITZ,' blending shooter action with social betrayal.
- •Pre-alpha testing saw 70,000 players log an average of 50 minutes daily, with top gamers clocking 10 hours a day to master treachery.
At just 30 years old, Brice Laville Saint-Martin boldly quit his comfy big-studio art gig at Helsinki's Supercell—home of the decade-old Clash Royale—in 2024 to shake up gaming from Barcelona. Now 32, his team of 10 developers (including stars fresh from Brawl Stars and Candy Crush) snagged a $4.5 million seed round co-led by a16z Speedrun and Turkey's Laton Ventures to build 'MISFITZ,' a shooter where trust is optional and betrayal is encouraged. Pre-alpha tests lured 70,000 eager players who spent 10 hours daily out-betraying each other, proving that yes, gamers still love endless pain—even if it's social. Saint-Martin preaches gaming is *not* 2016 anymore; the competition cuts deeper than the betrayals in his new battle royale where friends become backstabbers in real-time.
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Nothing says 'connect with your community' like paying millions to let strangers pretend to stab your back for 10 hours a day. Barcelona brings us MISFITZ: the game that turns friendship into your latest toxic hustle.
Selling millions in seed funding for a game where betrayal is a feature? Well, who needs trust when you have venture capital backing your new misery simulator?
Antihero Studios basically created Tinder but for gamers: Match, collaborate, betray, repeat. Swipe left on honesty, swipe right on chaos.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/2/2026 | Author: Cheryl Teh
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