Moon Studios, founded in 2010 by Thomas Mahler and Gennadiy Korol, soon garnered prominence in the gaming world with the release of the Ori series. Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps have won multiple accolades and gained critical praise for their gorgeous graphics, heartfelt tale, and novel gaming mechanisms. The games follow the adventures of Ori, a guardian spirit, as he navigates through mysterious forests and discovers the secrets of his world. Although the work of Moon Studios has solidified the Ori series as some of the more-successful Metroidvania games, the studio’s recent split from Microsoft represents a big transition.
