Los Angeles – September 29, 2026 -- Stand8 has launched Evoc8, a game and digital experiences co-development studio designed to give development teams elastic access to engineering, art, QA, production, LiveOps, and player support capacity.
Evoc8 targets capacity gaps across the full game production lifecycle
The studio supports teams from pre-production through launch and ongoing LiveOps, combining an in-house development bench with international studio partners and Stand8's existing talent solutions infrastructure. Studios can engage a single specialist, a discipline-specific pod, a production strike team, or a fully integrated team covering both development and post-release operations.
Model lets studios retain IP and product control while scaling externally
Quinn Fillmon, Founder and CEO of Stand8, said Evoc8 extends the company's broader technology mission into gaming and digital experiences by giving development teams specialized talent and production support. Richard Stanley, VP of Digital Experiences and Technology at Stand8, said the studio is built to let teams respond to shifting production schedules, launch demands, and market conditions without ceding control of IP, product vision, or player relationships.
Six service categories span build, support, community, data, and AI-driven operations
Evoc8 organizes its offering into six areas: Make (engineering, art, design, content, tools, infrastructure, data, release support); Support (testing, automation, certification, localization, performance monitoring, incident readiness); Engage (player support, community operations, moderation, trust and safety, training); Relate (telemetry, analytics, sentiment, retention, experimentation, identity, security, fraud detection); LiveOps (ongoing content, quality, infrastructure, support, community, analytics, security, commercial operations); and Evolve (AI, automation, tooling, data, continuous production improvement).
Stand8 handles contracts, legal, and compliance to let Evoc8 focus on production
Stand8 is providing talent solutions, contracting, legal, finance, compliance, and administrative support for the new studio, positioning Evoc8 to concentrate on digital experience development and operations rather than back-office functions.