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Astrid Entertainment

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Founded
2022
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11-50
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About Astrid Entertainment

Astrid Entertainment is an independent game development and transmedia entertainment studio founded in 2022 by Sharon Tal Yguado. The Los Angeles-headquartered company is building original interactive intellectual property intended to extend beyond games into linear entertainment formats such as television, film, and digital media.

Its debut project is an unannounced cooperative open-world simulation described as a “living adventure sandbox.” Built in Unreal Engine 5, the project centers on shared worlds where players can explore, discover lore, develop skills, and use creative building and crafting tools to shape their environment together. Rather than focusing on competitive violence or survival attrition, Astrid emphasizes social connection, cooperative problem-solving, environmental modification, and emergent multiplayer storytelling.

Original worlds for social play

Astrid’s development approach combines systemic game design, environmental storytelling, narrative architecture, and cross-platform multiplayer development. Its stated focus includes:

  • Original IP creation and transmedia worldbuilding
  • Cooperative open-world simulation and emergent gameplay systems
  • AI-driven character and NPC behaviours
  • Community-driven social play and virtual creative sandboxes
  • Unreal Engine 5 development, including C++, Blueprints, UMG, and CommonUI

The studio develops proprietary products rather than offering third-party work-for-hire, co-development, or outsourcing services. Its internal disciplines span game direction, systems design, software engineering, technical art, 3D environment modelling, UI/UX design, quality assurance, and multi-platform media development.

Astrid completed an initial playable demo and proof of concept for its debut title in late winter 2025, following prototyping and IP development across 2023 and 2024. The studio is now in active pre-production and production.

Operating with a distributed, remote-first team across the United States and United Kingdom, Astrid brings together developers with experience from game and visual-effects organizations including PlayStation London Studio, Rare, Playtonic Games, Crystal Dynamics, Ubisoft, Hangar 13, and Industrial Light & Magic.

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Leadership and development

  • Sharon Tal Yguado is Founder and Chief Executive Officer. The leadership team also includes Harry Robinson (Design Director), Meagan Carabetta (Art Director), Louise Hartley (Head of Production / Production Director), Sergio Delgado Díez (Technical Advisor and former Technical Director), and Sean Shortreed (Principal Engineer / Gameplay Lead).
  • Former Director of Production & Operations Stuart Whyte served through early 2025 before moving to other industry advisory roles.

Funding and collaboration

Astrid announced a high seven-figure seed investment round in November 2022 backed by NetEase Games, Stardom Ventures, and Tower 26 Ventures. The company supports its distributed development model with periodic in-person creative huddles, meetups, and conference participation, including D.I.C.E., GDC, DEW, and the Guildford Games Festival.

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Where Astrid Entertainment is based

2 locations

  • Los Angeles office

    Headquarters
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Studio headquarters and US operational base; the company operates on a distributed, remote-first model.

  • Astrid Entertainment UK Ltd

    12 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom

    UK corporate and development subsidiary base for Astrid Entertainment UK Ltd.

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