Meet Heroic — the New Trailers & Cinematics Production Studio by Room 8 Group

Room 8 Group — a global leader in external art production & game development — announces the establishment of Heroic, a new studio focused on high-end trailer production for PC, console, and mobile games. Previously operating as the Trailers & Cinematics unit within Room 8 Studio, Heroic is the latest addition to the Room 8 Group family of brands.

Heroic’s creative team is led by Sandy Heslop, an experienced 3D animator, previs artist, and VFX supervisor with 20 years of experience in video games, film, TV, and advertising. The team currently consists of 40+ artists, storytellers, and technicians specializing in CG, cinematic trailers, and in-game cutscenes.

Heroic team’s project list includes trailers for DomiNations, Empires & Puzzles, Legendary: Game of Heroes, Merge Dragons, Outfire, Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, Superior, and more. Over the last few years, the team has worked with over 15 publishers to create 450 trailers for 25 games.

Overseeing the expansion of the Trailers & Cinematics Unit of Room 8 Studio into a full-fledged brand has been an exciting journey. Heroic has an extensive roadmap for 2023-2025, with plans to work with the latest cloud technologies to enhance our capabilities, as well as support the workflows and pipelines. Being part of such a creative environment full of ambitious, talented, experienced artists is exhilarating, and I am proud to have the privilege of managing the studio’s creative processes.

Sandy Heslop, Head of CG at Heroic

Room 8 Group is capable of growing and strengthening its position in the video game industry despite global instability. In 2022, Room 8 Group launched a new brand and closed two large M&A deals, and establishing a new brand focused on CG and high-end trailer production is the Group’s first step in 2023. In order to become a household name in trailer production, Heroic gathered a team of impassioned experienced artists and storytellers.

Heroic will be part of Room 8 Group’s Art Service Line led by Vadim Krayevoy. The service line consists of Massive Black and PUGA Studios, the brands added to the roster of Room 8 Group in 2022, as well as Room 8 Studio established in 2011. The current number of specialists working at Art Service Line exceeds 1,000 artists.

Now, with Heroic launch, Room 8 Group’s Art Service Line becomes capable of providing end-to-end art production of any complexity.