Non-RPG General News - Jake Solomon to Start New Studio

[Silver]

Eurogamer reports that Jake Solomon of XCOM acclaim is looking to start a new studio, but it won't be focusing on turn-based strategy.

Jake Solomon, best known for his work on the XCOM series and Marvel's Midnight Suns, is looking to fund a fresh studio in order to "make a new kind of game".

Earlier this year, Solomon announced he was leaving Firaxis after more than two decades to "[embark] on a new chapter".

At this point, the XCOM designer did not go into specifics about what this new chapter would look like, only saying that his brain was "on fire with a new dream" and this was the "time to go chase it".

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When asked further about the sort of game that would excite him, Solomon said he would probably make "more of a life simulator or a simulation-style game".

"My intention... if anybody gives me the funding for it, is to open my own studio locally. I'm going make a new kind of game," the Midnight Suns director shared, saying he wanted to stay in Baltimore.

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[ArcaneMagix]

Well that's bad news for XCOM 3. Still looking forward to what he can do with the new studio.

 

[Kedar]

It doesn't really sound concrete yet.