Tom Stone, former Managing Director of TT Games (LEGO® Star Wars™; LEGO® Batman™; LEGO® Harry Potter™) announced the launch of Second Star Games, a new UK-based game development and publishing studio.

Stone has assembled a team of seasoned industry veterans, including many key members of the former LEGO games development team, bringing a wealth of expertise in creating AAA titles based on some of the world’s most iconic licences and IPs.

Located in Manchester, Second Star Games will be focused on the creation of captivating interactive experiences for young gamers and their families. Setting its sights on becoming one of the industry’s foremost developers and publishers, the studio’s first title will be Neverland: A Peter Pan Adventure - a fantasy-adventure game set within the rich and magical world of Neverland. Further details of the game will be announced soon.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), who have a perpetual right to remuneration for adaptations of Peter Pan, and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), who have developed the new world of Neverland, have granted Second Star Games a long-term, worldwide, exclusive licence to create a suite of video games around the IP. GOSH Charity will receive royalties from all sales to raise vital funds for the seriously ill children from across the UK who are treated at GOSH, helping to give them the best chance, and childhood, possible.

J. M. Barrie donated the rights to Peter Pan to GOSH in 1929, after he was asked to sit on committee by the hospital but thought of a more interesting way to make a difference. Two months later the hospital was stunned to learn that he had donated the rights to his much-loved play and novel Peter Pan and Wendy, or ‘The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up’, to them. It is widely acclaimed as among the finest works of children’s literature ever written.

GOSH Charity’s Senior Brand Licensing Manager, Jenny Martin, said: ‘We are delighted to be working with expert partners Second Star Games to bring the magical world of Neverland to life for a generation of young gamers. Neverland, a place of adventure and imagination, provides an amazing backdrop to what we know will be a first-class game. What’s more, every game sold will help raise funds to support seriously ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. We can’t wait for this next chapter in our Neverland journey.’

Grahame ‘Chily’ Chilton will be the lead investor in Second Star. Chily has a long association with both Tom and GOSH Charity: he was an early investor into the first LEGO Star Wars game in 2005 and both Chily and Tom served on a fundraising board of GOSH Charity between 2014 and 2016.

More information, including open roles, can be found at www.secondstargames.co.uk

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity): www.gosh.org

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) stops at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. For the hundreds of children from all over the UK who are treated by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) every day, for children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere, for this generation and all those to come.    

GOSH has been transforming the lives of seriously ill children since opening its doors in 1852 and has always depended on charitable support. GOSH Charity funds groundbreaking research into children’s health, cutting-edge medical equipment, child-centred medical facilities and the support services children and families going through the toughest journey of their lives urgently need.  But there is so much more we need to do.    

Together with our supporters, we can give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhoods, possible. Because we believe no childhood should be lost to serious illness.