Gravity Well

Gravity Well is an independent AAA video game development studio founded in 2020 by Drew McCoy and Jon “slothy” Shiring. The California-based company is developing its debut original, unannounced AAA intellectual property for PC and next-generation consoles.

The studio builds games with a deliberately compact, distributed model. It combines remote-first collaboration with an optional Los Angeles workspace for local team members, aiming to give specialists broad creative ownership while avoiding the organizational scale associated with larger AAA productions.

Development focus

Gravity Well’s current production combines original world-building, multiplayer and systems design, narrative development, character and environment art, animation, audio, and technical game development. Its reported technical focus includes Unreal Engine 5 engineering and shaders, alongside work on stylized and realistic 3D assets, character performance, and technical sound design.

The company is focused on proprietary original IP rather than external work-for-hire production. Its active project is described as a multiplatform multiplayer title, with the team handling full-cycle game design, prototyping, software architecture, and production internally.

Studio background

McCoy and Shiring previously worked together at Infinity Ward on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, then co-founded Respawn Entertainment. Their earlier roles at Respawn included work on Titanfall, Titanfall 2, and Apex Legends. Gravity Well draws on that leadership background while operating as a separate independent studio with its own original project.

The studio describes its approach as anti-crunch, collaborative, and remote-first. It is actively producing its first title with a team spanning design, engineering, art, animation, audio, narrative, production, quality assurance, and IT.