Pokemon developer Game Freak is working on a new action-adventure game that is in the early stages of development, codenamed Project Bloom, in partnership with Private Division as the publisher.
Not much is known about Project Bloom, but it is expected to launch sometime by the 2026 fiscal year.
Game Freak Director Kota Furushima shared:
“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to create new IP that is bold and tonally different from our prior work. 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.”
Head of Private Division Michael Worosz commented:
“Over the past three decades, you’d be hard pressed to find a studio which has released more iconic hits than Game Freak. We’re ready to help Game Freak unleash their potential and we’re honored to be the first Western publisher to work alongside this exceptionally talented and proven team to bring a bold new IP to market.”
It will be interesting to see how well this does when they don’t have the mindless Pokemon audience.
You’ve been around long enough to know they’ll guzzle this crap up as well.
What SSBismark said. All it takes is the Game Freak logo and that’s enough.
Untrue and incorrect. All it takes is the Pokemon logo actually. Every other Game Freak game has failed miserably
Yeah I don’t recall ever going to a friends house and seeing a “GameFreak” poster, but I have seen dozens of Pokemon ones
Also another lame open world action game… hurray….
>global expertise
Expect this to be pozzed with ESG trash up the ass. Especially since private division is pozzed and is located in jewyork.
Oy Vey!
You don’t like choosing between body type 1 & 2? And the game will even allow you to choose the shade of black you want your character to have!
…just ignore the fact that you won’t be able to make a white character…
So the pokemon version of gone home, got it.
I’ve seen the graphics quality of their latest work, I doubt it’s going to look any better.
See ya in 2026