Game Freak announce new project without Nintendo and it couldn’t look less like ‘Pokémon’
wegotthiscovered.comJapanese video game development company Game Freak has its eyes set on its next big project, which surprisingly doesn’t involve Pokémon. Oddly enough, this news caught gamers off guard since they didn’t expect the company to branch off into other non-Nintendo projects.
Private Division announced that it has partnered with Game Freak to produce an action-adventure name under the codename, “Project Bloom.” The video game publisher released a press statement, which stated its excitement to work with Game Freak in this new IP and shared a concept image of what the new game would look like.
We’re thrilled to announce we're partnering with Game Freak on an upcoming action-adventure game, codenamed #ProjectBloom.We can't reveal too much yet… But for now, we're excited to share the first piece of concept art for the game: pic.twitter.com/LarOpBXdsy
Game Freak’s director Kota Furushima commented on the upcoming project, claiming that the company has always wanted to publish a new title with Private Division and that it’s looking forward to sharing new updates as development progresses.
“From the beginning, Private Division was the publisher we wanted to work with on our new game. Their track record and global expertise give us all the confidence to create a sweeping new action-adventure game that we can’t wait to share more about in the future.”
The news excited fans, especially those who grew up with the Pokémon games. Due to the ample time the video game company was given, there is some expectation that this game would perform even better compared to its previous releases. Looking at you Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Gonna be real interesting to see what Game Freak can do without Nintendo on top of them, gonna be paying attention to
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