Brass Lion Entertainment
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- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 51-200
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About Brass Lion Entertainment
Brass Lion Entertainment is an independent video game development studio creating original fictional universes centered on Black, Brown, and historically underrepresented communities. Its work combines action role-playing games, culturally grounded storytelling, music, and cross-media development. Conceived in 2017 and formally unveiled in November 2019, the company develops games for PC and consoles while exploring how its worlds can extend into narrative podcasts, film, and television.
The studio's capabilities encompass full-cycle game development, original IP creation, worldbuilding, narrative design, interactive audio, and independent publishing. Its production focus includes third-person action, cooperative multiplayer combat, and music integrated into interactive experiences. Based in New York, it works with a distributed team across the United States and Canada.
Games and fictional worlds
Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver is a three-player cooperative action RPG developed and self-published by the studio in collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan and AOD Gaming LLC. Announced in June 2025, it combines anime-style martial arts combat with an Afro-surrealist aesthetic and a dynamic hip-hop soundtrack. The game was presented during Summer Game Fest and alongside the group's Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber farewell tour.
The project was conceived as a tie-in to Angel of Dust, the cinematic project produced by Ghostface Killah and directed by RZA. This connection brings the studio's game development work into a broader creative collaboration spanning music, film, and interactive storytelling.
The company's first announced project, Corner Wolves, is an original action-RPG universe set in 1990s Harlem. Its planned introduction included a scripted narrative podcast developed with Marginal Mediaworks and Loud Speakers Network. Together, these projects reflect the studio's approach to building fictional settings through multiple forms of entertainment, with cultural context and music playing central roles in how those worlds are presented.
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Leadership and founders
- Bryna Dabby Smith is Co-Founder, CEO, and Executive Producer. Her earlier production credits include Sleeping Dogs and Def Jam Vendetta.
- Rashad Redic is Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, and Art Director. His earlier art credits include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3.
- Just Blaze serves as Director of Music and Culture and Music Supervisor, overseeing musical integration and dynamic sound design.
- Co-founder Manveer Heir previously served as Chief Visionary Officer. The report notes that he was no longer listed in current studio leadership as of 2025/2026; his earlier gameplay design credits include Mass Effect 3 and Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Production realignment
In April 2025, the studio announced 13 layoffs as part of an internal realignment focused on its flagship action-RPG project.
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Where Brass Lion Entertainment is based
- 667 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United StatesNew York, United States
New York office
HeadquartersExecutive and corporate headquarters serving as the primary corporate mailing location for a distributed production team.
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