Absurd Ventures, the company founded a few years ago by longtime Rockstar mainstay Dan Houser, has announced the launch of a new studio under its umbrella. The studio is called Absurd Marin, and its initial team includes several former developers from Ascendant Studios’ ill-fated Immortals of Aveum.
Yes, this is Aveum Immortal, which launched last year amid a slew of other interesting things, and, for the million reasons that such an unfortunate thing could happen, it didn’t quite live up to the expectations set by executives. High budget. Subsequently, Ascendant made some cuts that clearly no one in their right mind wanted to see happen, no matter how they felt about the game itself.
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Now Immortals director and Ascendant co-founder Bret Robbins will lead Absurd Marin (thanks to GamesIndustry.biz), which as of this writing is comprised of “around 20 developers from the core Immortals of Aveum team” and will be working on In “story-driven adventure games”.
As of right now, the game sounds like it’s in the early stages of development, so its title hasn’t been announced yet. It’s separate from the game Absurd Ventures itself is developing, which is based in a universe called A Better Paradise, and you can find the same title in the 12-part audio series Absurd has been developing.
Back in May, some hiring information may have given us a better idea of what the game from Absurd’s main studio might look like or involve, although the company has kept it secret so far.
Even though we’ll likely have to wait a while to get more information, after Ascendant laid off “roughly 45%” of its staff this time last year, it’d be nice to see some Immortals developers get a chance to try making something else. A former Ascendant employee will Its magic shooter is described as a product that no one buys.
“I haven’t seen a game like Immortals of Aveum in years,” our own Connor Makar wrote in his review of Immortals. “Developed by Ascendant Studios, this is a game that hopes to combine some of the best A game that combines old-school games, it happens to be released at the right time for several industry releases.
