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‘The Medium’ Developers Bloober Team Joins With Rogue Games For Unannounced Project
Bloober Team has announced that they’ve teamed up with Rogue Games as part of Bloober Team’s currently-in-development next-gen titles for consoles and PC. While it might not seem like much at first, but when you dig deeper into the agreement, the speculation starts churning.
As horror fans know, Bloober Team have made a name for themselves with the Layers of Fear games, the Blair Witch game adaptation, Observer, and most recently, the critically-acclaimed The Medium. This announcement comes as Bloober Team released a video released last month teasing one of their unannounced projects. Not to mention Bloober Team CMO Tomasz Gawlikowski having to address “those” rumours, while also hinting at two “large projects”.
“We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with Rogue on this incredible project,” said Piotr Babieno, CEO, Bloober Team. “We pride ourselves on making games that push the boundaries of originality and immersion, and we’re delighted to be working alongside a company that shares our vision.”
As for Rogue, they’re led by industry vets from Sony, Activision, Apple, Electronic Arts and others, with their recent game, Card Blast, being one of five games available for the global rollout of Netflix Games. It might not seem like much, but if you put up your corkboard, could this potentially mean that a Netflix property is involved? Or, could the game eventually show up on Netflix Games?
It’s reaching, I know. But, with all of the stuff going on these days, weirder things have come to fruition.
Supermassive Games CEO Robert Henrysson took to LinkedIn to announce that he was stepping down from his post at the Directive 8020 and Little Nightmares 3 developer, and was leaving its parent company, Nordisk Games.
Henrysson’s announcement comes after the latest entry in The Dark Pictures franchise was released back in May.
“It’s been a fantastic time,” wrote Henrysson. “During my years as Chairman – and later as interim CEO – for Avalanche Studios Group – we saw the studio’s revenue and profit triple. As the CEO of Supermassive Games, I was honoured to guide the studio through intense industry change, broadening its client base and establishing a culture of consistent quality across all aspects of the game development process.
Leading a studio is never a one-man job — it is the entire team’s effort. Our commitment to continuous improvement was, and continues to be, central to everything we do. To everyone at Supermassive Games, I am so grateful for everything I’ve learnt and experienced with all of you. You are the greatest storytelling game studio on earth, you rock! And I wish you all the best in the future.”
Henrysson’s departure comes after Directive 8020 received mixed reviews from fans and reviewers alike (though we enjoyed it, and even included it on our list of best games so far this year). Little Nightmares 3, which was released last October, also experienced mixed reviews.
Supermassive experienced a rough time during the development of Directive 8020, with the game being delayed from its original release window, as well as a “reorganization” in 2024 that saw the studio lay off 30 percent of its staff.
Directive 8020 is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Steam.