Horror specialist Bloober Team dreams of making Nintendo consoles a destination for horror fans once again.
Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno told The Game Business that he is a huge fan of Nintendo, which was part of the reason the firm is releasing its upcoming title, Cronos: The New Dawn, on Nintendo Switch 2 next week.
He added: “We have some plans. We are not able to share our vision for the future yet. But definitely Nintendo fans could take a look at Bloober Team.”
Bloober Team now boasts 250 staff and is eager to capitalise on the success of last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake, which Babieno jokes has raised the expectation for his company “too much”. But he insists the firm is not looking to expand rapidly, and once again points to how Nintendo keeps teams together.
“We didn’t cut any staff at Bloober Team for the last few years,” he said. “This is really important because I believe that if we have teams that are making great games and understand our DNA, it's much easier to create new projects. And I think that this is another parallel with Nintendo, because [it has] a similar spirit of how we are trying to do things.
He continued: “We are still trying to be reasonable. We are not working on more than two projects, because we don't want to lose the quality. But at the same time, we don't want to work on just one, because even with the best partner, even with the best project, you don't necessarily have to be successful. I’m always saying that if you have 250 people, you are not just responsible for 250 people, but also their families. It's really important for me to have plans which are supporting the vision. We are not growing too fast. We are growing exactly like I feel we should.”
by shirke1