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Harvey Smith and Ben Horne Set Up Black Pony Immersive

Veteran game developers Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have founded Black Pony Immersive, a new game studio specialising in the design and development of first-person action RPGs - specifically, immersive sims - in which players create their own experiences through emergent game systems.

Marcel Kleffmann
Marcel Kleffmann
August 20, 2026 – 1 min read

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