Former members of Avalanche Studios, the developer behind the Disney Infinity series, are part of a new Salt Lake City based studio.

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The studio, castAR Salt Lake City, is the newest from "mixed-reality entertainment" castAR. President and chief operating officer Steve Parkis has "responsibility for the team" in Salt Lake.Currently the Palo Alto, CA based castAR is "developing a mixed reality entertainment platform" using a mix of both hardware and software to "create playful, social and approachable experiences."The addition of the former Avalanche Studios team members and the opening of castAR Salt Lake City doubles the size of the development team, something Parkis calls a "bold step" in launching its mixed-reality platform.The company also announced Darrell Rodriguez, former LucasArts president Electronic Arts Los Angeles COO, is its new CEO.In May of this year, Disney announced it was canceling the next Disney Infinity game already in development. On top of that, Disney announced it was getting out of self-publishing games all together.The closure came in spite of the fact Disney Infinity was the most popular toys-to-life franchise of the year, beating out Skylanders and Lego Dimensions.No specific projects were mentioned, but Parkis expressed his excitement the developers are helping castAR create a "new generation of gaming through mixed reality experiences."

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