Cthulhu
CallsJohn Bert. “Saber Interactive has an
excellent vision of the market and the
industry, with creative teams able to
come up with crazy and spectacular
game concepts able to conquer a
massive number of players like World
War Z or Mudrunner.”
There’s also Passtech Games,
which brought us the indie title,
Masters Of Anima, that is working on
another indie-style title, and Streum
On Studio which is making a shooterthat’s based, yet again, on the Games
Workshop Warhammer universe.New players
Focus has also partnered with four
more studios. The biggest of which is
Crackdown 3 developer Sumo Digital,
with Focus saying, “The first fruit
of this collaboration aims to deliver
a multiplayer experience without
compromise in a universe as dark
as it is violent.” Newcomer Gasket
Games, which comprises members
of Relic Entertainment and BlackbirdInteractive, is hard at work on another
Games Workshop game.
The identity of the games that
are being worked on are a closely
guarded secret, but the two other
studios Focus has partnered with
have already revealed what they’re
working on. The first is Limestone
Games which is currently developing
Aeon Must Die, a sci-fi beat-’em-up
whose story changes depending on
the choices you make. The other is
Paris-based Lightbulb Crew which is
creating Othercide, a horror-themed,
turn-based strategy game, in which
you’re tasked with doing battle with
creatures from another dimension.
For now, though, with regards to the
other games, we’ll have to settle for
the cryptic promo posters that we’re
shown alongside the announcements.
But given Focus’ track record, we can
expect some great things. QFocusing on
the future
Focus Home Interactive allows us a glance at
its next wave of games
(FOCUS)
HOME RUN2018 was a big
year for Focus
Home Interactive
and possibly its
most successful to
date. This wouldn’t
have been possible
had it not been for the stellar line-up
of games it released, which included,
among others, The Council, Farming
Simulator 19 and Vampyr.
This year the publisher is already
positioned to have a similar success
story with the release of A Plague
Tale: Innocence and World War Z, with
Greedfall and The Surge 2 to follow
later in the year. It’s no surprise, then,
that Focus is hoping to continue that
success by renewing its relationship
with its partnered studios which, it
was revealed at Focus’ annual ‘What’s
Next?’ event, are all at different stages
of development on their next games.
Dontnod Entertainment is ferreting
away at a game that Focus promises
will be one of the most ambitious
in the history of both the publisher
and the studio. Deck 13, developer
of The Surge and its upcoming
sequel, is moving away from its sci-fi
franchise to developing a brand-new
one. Then there’s Saber Interactive,
which has just released World War Z,
and currently has two games in
production, one of which is a game
set in the Games Workshop universe.
“We are very proud and happy to count
Saber as a faithful developer partner,”
says Focus Home Interactive COO
Fans of HP Lovecraft
will be thrilled to
know that the recent
Call Of Cthulhu game
from Cyanide Studios
isn’t going to be the
last. Alongside the
studio partnership
announcement, it
was revealed that an
exclusive agreement
has been made to
adapt more games
from Chaosium’s Call
Of Cthulhu franchise.
It hasn’t been stated
whether or not this
would be Cyanide
taking on
development duties,
but we’re all for more
eldritch horror.INSIDER FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE
“The identity of
the games being
worked on are
a closely
guarded secret”
ABOVE World
War Z is created
by Saber
Interactive,
which did
support work on
The Master Chief
Collection.
RIGHT The teaser
posters Focus
Home showed off
with its
announcements.EXCITED? HORRIFIED? LET THE WORLD KNOW AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OXMUK
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