Whats up, readers! I’m Luc Baghadoust, Govt Producer of Don’t Nod Montréal’s newly introduced narrative journey recreation, Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage. I’m right here to speak a bit concerning the recreation, our studio, and the groups concerned in bringing this new story to life. We’re thrilled to lastly reveal at tonight’s The Sport Awards what we’ve been engaged on and are so happy with: a brand new recreation and a brand new collection!
Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage started after Michel Koch (Inventive Director) and I labored on Life is Unusual 1 and a couple of, after we received the chance to kickstart a brand new journey for Don’t Nod: forming a brand new studio in Montréal. Increasing abroad had been a dialogue for some time and with sturdy assist from Don’t Nod Paris, we made the leap. Michel and I each already cherished North America, and the trade is vibrant right here, with so many thrilling studios and abilities.
A world pandemic was not one thing that we anticipated, clearly, and it was a problem to set all the pieces up. Fortunately, Don’t Nod adopted a distant work coverage company-wide, which enabled us to collaborate remotely. Creating a brand new group was an enchanting expertise. Together with Don’t Nod Montréal’s Managing Director, Frédérique Fourny-Jennings, we’re shaping the studio’s imaginative and prescient and its initiatives. We have been fortunate to have the ability to carry Don’t Nod’s uniqueness and values to the Montréal scene.
We introduced with us key individuals who had been engaged on earlier Life is Unusual video games akin to Baptiste Moisan, our Lead Designer, and Juliette Devillers, our Lead Character Artist, amongst others. We’ve additionally been capable of entice improbable expertise to the Montréal Studio, a number of whom had been impacted by these video games and needed to assist us inform our new story. So a giant thanks to the group in Montréal and every new expertise that has joined us and helped make all of the items click on collectively.
Jean-Luc Cano, who wrote the scripts for Life is Unusual 1 and a couple of, and his group of fantastic writers collaborated intently with Michel in creating the story and characters of Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage. We firmly imagine that the perfect characters ship the perfect tales, and we predict you’ll all love Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat: 4 highschool pals that type bonds over the course of a once-in-a-lifetime summer season. Destiny sees them reunite 27 years later after promising to by no means converse once more. It’s a reflective story with friendship, emotion, thriller, and magical surrealism.
Now about Misplaced Information! Bloom & Rage is the primary recreation within the Misplaced Information universe. We clearly needed to proceed creating narrative journey video games with a robust give attention to characters that resonate with folks. Bloom & Rage shares a number of DNA with our earlier video games, but in addition innovates in some areas too. Making a universe and having the tales inside it interconnect with one another is one thing we’ve been dreaming of. The probabilities are limitless and the tales we are able to inform inside this universe are enormous. Don’t Nod Montréal is difficult at work ensuring we carry these concepts and video games to life!
Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage is scheduled for launch in late 2024 however if you wish to sustain with information and updates, comply with Misplaced Information on X, Instagram, and TikTok. There’s undoubtedly extra to return that we are able to’t wait to point out you.
