KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Having worked on internationally recognised video game titles such as Final Fantasy XV and Street Fighter, Malaysian developers Wan Hazmer Wan Abdul Halim and Daim Dziauddin set out to build a studio that could bring South-east Asian culture to players around the world.
Wan Hazmer, chief executive officer and co-founder of Metronomik Sdn Bhd, spent eight years at Japanese game developer Square Enix as lead game designer for Final Fantasy XV, while his cousin Daim, the studio’s co-founder and creative director, worked as a concept artist for Street Fighter V and an illustrator for Street Fighter IV.
Drawing on their experience, the two established Metronomik in December 2017 with a shared vision of creating music-based games that would appeal to a broad audience while introducing Malaysian and South-east Asian cultural influences to international players.
