YellowBrickGames,anewlyestablishedgamedevelopmentstudiofoundedbyindustryveteransfromUbisoftandElectronicArts(EA).willbehandlingthedistributionoftheirupcomingproject.Initially,itwasplannedthatthecompany'sfirstgamewouldbepublishedbyPrivateDivisionafterreachinganagreementin2022.However,YellowBrickhaschosentotakecontroloftheirunannouncedgameandisexpectedtoreleaseitin2025.
YellowBrickGameswasfoundedin2020byThomasGiroux,MikeLaidlaw,FrédéricSt-LaurentB.,andJeffSkalski.FollowingtheacquisitiondealwithPrivateDivisionearlierthisyear,thecompanyexpandeditsoperationsbyopeninganofficeinMontreal.Quebecalongsidetheirheadquarters.
MikeLaidlawexpressedthattakingcontrolofdistributionforthemselveswasa"LeapofFaith,"especiallyconsideringthecurrentinstabilityintheindustry.Healsomentionedthatitwasanopportunityforthemtodirectlyinteractwithplayersandtheirbroadergamingcommunity.
ThomasGirouxaddedthatplayerexperienceremainstheirtoppriority:"Thesuccessofourstudiorestssolelyonhowwellwecanprovideagreatgamingexperience."Theyhavemadesurethattherearenochangestothesizeorscopeoftheirupcominggame.
