Imagendary Studios

Imagendary Studios was a AAA game development and transmedia animation studio founded in January 2021 by former Blizzard Entertainment artist Wei Wang. Its work combined original game development, cinematic animation and narrative worldbuilding, with the ambition of developing entertainment properties across games and other media. FunPlus acquired the studio in April 2021.

The company brought together development and production teams in California and Shanghai. Its capabilities covered game design and combat systems, concept art, storyboarding, character and environment development, motion capture, technical art and real-time rendering. Unreal Engine formed part of its approach to connecting film-quality visual production with interactive entertainment. Alongside proprietary games, its stated services included cinematic animation, motion capture recording and processing, and transmedia content production.

Original worlds and cinematic storytelling

The studio's debut project, Astropulse: Reincarnation, was a science-fiction third-person shooter and action role-playing game developed in Unreal Engine 5. Set on a future Earth transformed by extraterrestrial cosmic energy, it was conceived as the central game in a broader narrative spanning games, novels and animated shorts. Imagendary publicly introduced the project through an extended cinematic reveal in April 2024.

Its associated output included Astropulse Academy: Vorph, a narrative worldbuilding vignette and promotional digital art showcase published in 2024. The studio also provided promotional creative development and concept backing for Age of Dino in 2023.

Restructuring and closure

Imagendary underwent substantial restructuring in June and July 2023 after FunPlus reduced funding. Most staff departed, leaving a small team to continue development. Although the studio subsequently revealed Astropulse: Reincarnation, the project was canceled and Imagendary closed in late 2024. The supplied research records the company as remaining closed through November 2026.