Devoted Fusion hub Access to Top Freelance Talent for Game Studios and Publishers

Devoted Holding, a leader in video game co-development, porting, and full-service art production, announced that Devoted Fusion, its sister company, with the official launch of the Devoted Fusion, a self-serve hub. This innovative end-to-end self-serve solution quickly connects development studios, publishers, and brands to 3,000+ pre-vetted game art and animation freelance talent globally.

Through innovations like its proprietary image recognition, this one-stop hub disrupts the standard process and time required to get from idea to production said Devoted Studios leaders Jason Harris and Ninel Anderson, in an interview with GamesBeat.

“After speaking with AAA and Indie developers, it’s clear the days of building massive in-house teams in costly, competitive markets are behind us. Yet studios still face the same pressure to deliver ambitious games and live services. The overwhelming feedback is that moving from idea to production with external talent is slow and frustrating, often taking months,” said Jason Harris, Devoted Studios chief commercial officer and head of Devoted Fusion. “We believe the future belongs to agile studios that scale through co-dev and freelancer partnerships. And speed is critical. Devoted Fusion was built to help studios embrace that future and get to production in under 72 hours.”

He added that “We’re not striving for massive numbers of artists, because we want the best artists, Our team goes in and checks every art asset, and they tag it according to level of complexity from one to five, and then we have an algorithm that, based on that tagging, determines the seniority of an artist. So our goal is to have top talent on the platform.”

Harris estimated there are 760,000 people who say they’re freelance artists now. And with AI tools for art, it’s very hard to figure out which people are really artists.

“Devoted Studios has been on the frontlines of remote collaboration way before Covid made it mainstream,” said Ninel Anderson, Devoted Studios’ CEO and founder. “Devoted Fusion summarizes all of our knowledge and experience into a separate offering for the industry that could be leveraged by anyone. FAST. We provide visibility and discoverability for artists so it’s not scary to be a freelancer but instead feel empowered to choose projects about which they are passionate, while providing buyers instant access to specialized talent.”

Key Benefits for Studios

Faster, streamlined hiring – Fusion’s proprietary image recognition system allows clients to drop in a reference image to quickly see relevant artists, combined with streamlined contracting and built-in invoicing and payment solutions;

Shortlists of curated & pre-vetted, global talent – organize artists in themed groups to compare by key information and send requests individually or to the entire folder, making hiring decisions faster;

Committed care – Devoted Fusion guides developers through the process with helpful tools and a concierge to assist in finding artists, securing accurate bids, and providing support if issues arise on either side throughout the engagement.

Key Benefits for Freelance Artists

Global exposure – profile visibility and hire-ability to studios and service providers worldwide;

Anti-AI scraping – protects artists with Cloudflare’s anti-AI scraping tech to safeguard portfolios from bots. While focusing exclusively on human-created portfolios, the platform continues to monitor the evolving role of AI in creative workflows;

Relevant, verified projects – relevant skill-matched project bids thanks to the platform’s SmART Feed, Guided Art Briefs, Artist Shortlist, and Portfolio Call features;

Secure contracts & payments –provides a secure framework for collaboration, contracts, and other legal safeguards; all projects are pre-verified, and talent receives secure payments via Stripe.

About Devoted Fusion

Devoted Fusion is an end-to-end self-service freelance talent solution built for the games industry to help developers and publishers hire pre-vetted expert-level art and animation talent quickly, transparently, securely, and affordably. The Devoted Fusion hub connects studios to capable, available, relevant, and efficient freelance talent globally, with backend tools that handle contracts, invoicing, and payments while protecting the freelancer and studio clients.