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Plague Tale developer Asobo have “a major new project” with Focus EntertainmentFocus also partnering with the Dreamscaper devs on something
Focus also partnering with the Dreamscaper devs on something
Asobo Studio - the Bordeaux-based developer behind the extremely differentMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2020andA Plague Tale: Innocence- are working on something “new” and “major” with Plague Tale publisher Focus Entertainment, according to a release portfolio update sent to investors this week.
There’s little more to tell, but the updatedoes specifically saythat the project “will see them extend the productive collaboration that led to the A Plague Tale franchise, the last release of which, A Plague Tale Requiem, reached three million players worldwide”. So the odds of this being A Plague Tale 3 - A Plague Tale: Revengeance? A Plague Tale: 40,000? - seem pretty high.
It followsthe posting of LinkedIn job listingsin July for several positions on Asobo’s “Plague Team”, which I’m assuming refers to the Plague Tale franchise rather than some undeclared bioweapons division. Although given Asobo’s range - again, this is also the company behind Microsoft Flight Simulator - I wouldn’t be surprised if it were the latter.
I didn’t play the grander, grislier follow-up,A Plague Tale: Requiem, which Rachel (RPS in peace)deemed a disappointment in some regards. “A bigger, bleaker sequel with hauntingly good art direction, but storytelling holds this biting medieval adventure back,” was her verdict. If there’s another Plague Tale game on the way, I hope they rethink the fundamentals a little.
