Non-public Division has introduced a brand new publishing partnership with Pokémon developer Recreation Freak. It can publish a brand new action-adventure sport from Recreation Freak meant to be a brand new IP for the developer.
Codenamed “Undertaking Bloom,” Recreation Freak and Non-public Division state in a press launch the brand new IP is predicted to launch throughout Non-public Division father or mother firm Take-Two’s Fiscal 12 months 2026. Alongside this information, Recreation Freak has launched the primary piece of idea artwork for Undertaking Bloom. You may test it out beneath:
“We’re thrilled to have the chance to create new IP that’s daring and tonally totally different from our prior work,” Recreation Freak director Kota Furushima writes within the launch. “From the start, Non-public Division was the writer we wished to work with on our new sport. Their monitor report and world experience provides us all the boldness to create a sweeping new action-adventure sport that we won’t wait to share extra about sooner or later.”
Take-Two Interactive chief technique officer and Non-public Division head Micahel Worosz says you would be hard-pressed to discover a studio with extra iconic hits over the previous 30 years than Recreation Freak, addding, “We’re prepared to assist Recreation Freak unleash their potential and we’re honored to be the primary Western writer to work alongside this exceptionally proficient and confirmed group to carry a daring new IP to market.”
Recreation Freak was based in 1989 and is finest identified for creating nearly all of mainline Pokémon entries throughout varied Nintendo consoles. Its most up-to-date Pokémon launch was final yr’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It has, nonetheless, launched non-Pokémon video games all through its historical past, together with this yr’s Pocket Card Jockey: Trip On! on iOS and macOS units.
Non-public Division was based in 2017 as a 3rd publishing label inside Take-Two Interactive. Notable titles printed by Non-public Division embody Hades, The Outer Worlds, Kerbal House Program 2, Rollerdrome, OlliOlli World, and extra.
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