Dreamhaven

Dreamhaven is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. Dreamhaven was founded in 2020 by Blizzard Entertainment co-founder Michael Morhaime, Amy Morhaime, and previous Blizzard employees.

Dreamhaven consists of two internal game development studios, Moonshot Games and Secret Door. The company also publishes games developed by external studios.

History

On October 3, 2018, Blizzard Entertainment announced that its co-founder, Michael Morhaime, would be stepping down from his role as company president. Morhaime would continue to work with Blizzard as a strategic advisor until April 7, 2019.

Morhaime announced the formation Dreamhaven, a new video game company to be based in Irvine, on September 23, 2020. The company would be founded by Morhaime, his wife Amy, and a group of his former colleagues. All but one of the initial 27 employees of Dreamhaven had previously worked for Blizzard. Dreamhaven was announced as both a game development and publishing studio. The company would develop its own games through two internal studios, Moonshot Games and Secret Door, each of which were already underway developing their first games. Alongside internal development efforts, the company would also work with external developers to publish their games.

Games

Publishing and partner studios

''Lynked: Banner of Spark''

In September 2024, Dreamhaven announced it would partner with indie game studio FuzzyBot Games to publish their first game ''Lynked: Banner of Spark''. CEO of FuzzyBot Games, Tatyana Dyshlova, when asked about why they would partner with Dreamhaven, said "Dreamhaven provided for us was a viable future for the studio and how the terms were presented beyond just this game." Dyshlova proceeds note that "obviously their pedigree is very impressive." On the other side, Paul Della Bitta, who leads Dreamhaven's publishing efforts, said that the decision to publish ''Lynked'' was an easy one, saying the "velocity the team (FuzzyBot) was working at... was really impressive." The game was scheduled for an early access release on October 22, 2024 and a full release in May 22, 2025.

''Mechabellum''

In March 2025, Dreamhaven announced a publishing partnership with Chinese development studio Game River to publish their strategy game ''Mechabellum''. Mechabellum had been released in early access in September 2024 under partnership with a different publisher, however, the game was receiving a "second chance", after Game River had gotten out of their original publishing deal. Amy Morhaime, speaking on behalf Dreamhaven, said they discovered the game after fans of Blizzard's StarCraft reached out to them. Mike (Michael) Morhaime spoke fondly of game, saying “...it’s one of the best games developed in the last decade, and we believe people will be playing even a decade from now.” CEO of Game River, Wen Youge, said that, with Dreamhaven's support, they are focused on providing additional content for the game throughout 2025.

Moonshot Games

''Wildgate''

In March 2025, Moonshot Games announced their first video game, ''Wildgate'' during a Dreamhaven-exclusive showcase in partnership with The Game Awards. The game was described as a 'crew-based first-person shooter', where players band together on a spaceship fighting other players in their spaceships.

Secret Door

''Sunderfolk''

In 2024, Secret Door announced development of their first game, ''Sunderfolk''. The game has been described as "couch co-op tactical RPG you play with a phone." Dreamhaven would later announce April 23, 2025 as the official release date for Sunderfolk in a showcase.

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Companies based in Irvine, California
Video game companies based in California
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Video game companies established in 2020