Trine 4, Earthlock 2 and the tantalizingly titled Spacebase Startopia are amongst a list of thirty games being co-funded by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). While I’m not aware of too lots of the studios, and the titles for many of those games imply little or no, it’s good to see Frozenbyte planning on persevering with their visually scrumptious Trine collection.
Among the titles listed, the game that the majority catches my consideration right here is Spacebase Startopia, being developed by Realmforge Studios, creators of the Dungeon Keeper-inspired Dungeons. While simply hypothesis, a successor to Mucky Foot’s underrated space manage ’em up would make sense. Fingers crossed, as it could be in line with the studio’s Bullfrog-adjacent strategy just lately.
The full listing of games backed is viewable here in PDF format. I discover that whereas a lot of the games listed are to see as much as 50% co-funding, Tequila Works’s Lumberjack is listed as doubtlessly seeing solely 4%. Typo or the Rime studio being short-changed? Either appears believable. Another eyebrow-raising title within the listing is Quarantine, from Aesir Interactive. Right now we solely know the title – whereas I’m hoping for a successor to the off-kilter dystopian hover-cab sim/shooter, that appears unlikely contemplating how generic and re-used the title has been.
It’s heartening to see Trine Four on the listing. Trine three was apparently shorter than planned, and ended on a really open cliffhanger, apparently on account of price range constraints. Hopefully the EU backing will give improvement of the subsequent game a little bit of a lift. Another thrilling title in there’s a thriller game named Stranded from No Code, who solely simply yesterday introduced sci-fi thriller Observation. That one’s doubly attention-grabbing, because it’s EU backing, however a UK studio – anybody following the continued political omnishambles would assume that will put such funding in jeopardy, however I hope not.
Thanks to Gematsu for recognizing the listing. You can view the whole PDF here.
