Blumhouse Games Talks M3GAN Game Possibilities, James Wan's Involvement, and More

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When Blumhouse Games revealed its first six projects last month, some familiar names were noticeably absent. Well known in Hollywood for breakout successes like Get Out and M3GAN, Blumhouse Games shied away from leaning on established properties with its new indie label at the jump... But that doesn't mean they're off the table.

"Certainly we will [incorporate established IP] eventually," Blumhouse Games president Zach Wood tells IGN in an interview following June's reveal. "So much of that I think comes down to the right timing. It's the right idea, it's the right creative partner, it's what else is happening with that IP in the world because we want to do it right, and we know that fans are going to come with their own expectations of what those games should be. We just want to do right by fans and the creators of those film properties. We're just being careful about it."

Instead, Blumhouse Games is choosing to approach games as it has approached Hollywood: with a spirit of experimentation. The games it has signed so far run the gamut from well-known names (Project C, from Her Story developer Sam Barlow and Infinity Pool director Brandon Cronenberg) to existing releases that Blumhouse Games intends to release on console (Fear the Spotlight).

Other games include a horrific farming sim called Grave Seasons; a twisted folk tale called Crisol Theater of Idols; a horror game within a horror game called The Simulation, and Sleep Awake, a new game from Spec Ops: The Line developers Cory Davis and Nine Inch Nails' Robin Finck.

First announced in 2023, Blumhouse Games is a logical extension of the studio's famous brand of horror. Wood came to Blumhouse Games after a long career spent producing games like Sound Shapes and The Unfinished Swan, and now leads a team of around seven people. Assisting Wood is some of Blumhouse's Hollywood talent, with prolific horror producer James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring Universe, Insidious) — himself a big gamer — among those consulting on the