This week, veteran sport developer Harvey Smith introduced the launch of a brand new sport growth studio, Black Pony Immersive. Smith beforehand co-led the Deus Ex and Dishonored collection and is joined on the new studio by Government Producer Ben Horne. The pair have labored collectively for greater than eight years, most lately at Arkane Austin, which Xbox shut down in 2024 after Redfall’s failure.
Black Pony Immersive is predicted to give attention to “imaginative first-person motion RPGs set inside well-realized worlds, the place gamers create their very own memorable experiences with expressive, emergent sport techniques.” Smith and Horne are joined by a 26-person crew of builders from studios together with Arkane, Insomniac, Epic, Avalanche, and Volition, with Harvey Smith’s longtime inventive associate Ricardo Naked additionally on board.