Take-Two Interactive’s publishing label, Private Division, revealed a publishing agreement with psychological horror game developer Bloober Team. The company celebrated its fifth anniversary with another announcement, as it launched Private Division Development Fund.
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The fund aims to support smaller independent development teams with project financing and mentorship opportunities to enable self-publishing. Private Division is currently supporting several developers under the Private Division Development Fund, including Die Gute Fabrik, Radical Forge, and Lost Native.
Bloober Team and Private Division have announced that they are working on a new survival-horror game, which Private Division will publish. The Poland-based developer company is the name behind popular psychological horror titles, such as Layers of Fear, Observer, Blair Witch, and The Medium.
Piotr Babieno, Chief Executive Officer of Bloober Team, commented on the recent partnership:
“Our next project is an exciting new survival-horror game, which will help us become a leader in the horror industry at large. I am grateful for this cooperation with Private Division. Their expertise is extensive, and their people are also very approachable. We don’t perceive them in a typical ‘publisher-developer’ relationship; they’re more like friends who show us support or keep us in line when we need it most.”
Blake Rochkind, Head of Business Development at Private Division, added some thoughts on the fifth anniversary of the company:
“Since we announced Private Division five years ago, we’ve seen a number of promising game ideas from smaller teams that didn’t quite fit with our full-fledged publishing model. We knew we could not simply have a one-size-fits-all approach in today’s world. We never like to say ‘no’ to an incredible game concept due to the size of the project, and the Private Division Development Fund enables us to identify and support some of the best creative ideas our industry has to offer.”
The duo noted that the upcoming survival-horror game is in development and, at best, will be launched in 2025. There is yet to be an exact launch date, but the team stated that it’s looking forward to sharing more details about the title in the future.
