The next game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios has leaked online ahead of an announcement expected at The Game Awards next week.
Reliable dealabs leaker billbil-kun reported that Hazelight Studios’ next game is called Split Fiction and is due out on March 6, 2025, on PC and consoles (we don’t know which exactly). A reveal trailer is reportedly due out this month.
Hazelight is headed up by Josef Fares, the charismatic designer of the Brothers, A Way Out, and the 20 million-selling It Takes Two. The studio’s games are published by EA under its EA Originals banner (IGN has asked EA for comments). Fares is an eye-catching regular at The Game Awards, with this year’s event set for December 12.
Split Fiction is another co-op adventure from Hazelight, which makes sense given the breakout success of It Takes Two. IGN’s It Takes Two review returned a 9/10. We called it "a spectacular co-op adventure that lays down a path of great gameplay ideas and uses it to play a giddy game of hopscotch."
It won Game of the Year, Best Family Game, and Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2021, and a film adaptation is currently in the works at Amazon Studios, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson producing.
Fares himself has teased Split Fiction as the title of the game in a tweet, with Hazelight also getting in on the act. "Getting a lot of questions about the next game," Fares wrote. "Here is a tease. It is a BRAND NEW IP called S*** ******N. Can’t wait to show it soon?"
Now that you mention it, think you dropped this in the office @josef_fares? https://t.co/uh6AZAlrHL pic.twitter.com/oWv3Eew4M9
— Hazelight Studios (@HazelightGames) October 17, 2024
The Game Awards is expected to be a big one this year, with a number of significant announcements. Stay tuned for more.
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