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DONTNOD announce new co-production with newly formed Belgian studio Tolima. Plus 2021 review & 2022 perspectives

Maxime

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In brief:
  • New co-production with Tolima, a Brussels based studio founded this year. PR gives 0 clue about the the game will be and my hot minute of googling Tolima gave nothing.
  • Vampyr sold 2 million copies, 8 million free downloads on the Epic Games Store. "Biggest financial success to date alongside LIFE IS STRANGE 1."
  • TWIN MIRROR underperformed despite Epic's money (1 year exclusivity deal) : 75% of the cost was covered.
  • 8 games now in production (2 externals with Tolima & PortaPlay, the rest in-house). All are due between this year and 2025.
  • I think it was known, but the co-production with Focus Ent. announced in 2018 will be an action-RPG. Still no date. Probably 2023.
  • DONTNOD Montreal will be handling multiple projects in the future (as of now, they are working on a narrative game led by part of the Life is Strange team).
Sources (PR) :
- DONTNOD PURSUES ITS EXTERNAL PUBLISHING STRATEGY THROUGH A NEW CO-PRODUCTION
- 2021 BUSINESS REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOKS
 
cursed beef

cursed beef

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has dontnod announced a game recently? i feel like they're always announcing partnerships without showing anything
 
Jarod McChicken

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This might be a contractual thing with Microsoft, but it looks like they will never make any comment about Tell Me Why in their report.
 
craven68

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I really want a tell me why 2, it feel like this game doesn't exist. I m kinda sad about it.
 
Joni

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That studio is so new, that it was officially registered yesterday. Seems like the founder has one indie game published on Steam.
 

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craven68 said:
I really want a tell me why 2, it feel like this game doesn't exist. I m kinda sad about it.
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Don't really know how I feel about that game. The atmosphere was amazing, they really nailed the setting. But the story was so boring and uneventful. Shame. I do hope they'll land another hit. I have high hopes for the game from the Life is strange team.
 
craven68

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DerEinzigeWeg said:
Don't really know how I feel about that game. The atmosphere was amazing, they really nailed the setting. But the story was so boring and uneventful. Shame. I do hope they'll land another hit. I have high hopes for the game from the Life is strange team.
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I really loved it, i really like the weekly épisode, WE don't have to wait , and for me the pacing was good with only three épisode.
It was my favorite "life is strange " before true colours !
 
Keyser S

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I know Tolima from the Colombian department, it's intreresing to see a studio have that name
 
cyrribrae

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Woah. That's a lot of games. Also, surprising to hear that Vampyr was the biggest financial success. Huh. But very cool to hear.

Interested to see what this era of DONTNOD looks like.
 
KORNdog

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cyrribrae said:
Woah. That's a lot of games. Also, surprising to hear that Vampyr was the biggest financial success.
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it's probably the best thing they've made that could be considered mainstream. remeber me was crap. and everything else has sat firmy in that niche "interactive story" genre.

tbh the amount of games in production is worrying me slightly. we all know how things went with telltale. and personally i'm a bit done with the interactive story games anyway, so hopefully they have something more in-line with vampyr up their sleeve
 
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