Private Division seems to have canceled the deal for Bloober Team’s horror sequel to Silent Hill
There is no official information yet, but it seems that among the closures of Private Division there is also the conclusion of the agreement for the publication of Bloober Team’s new horror.
Based on a report, it seems that Private Division has closed the publishing agreement for Bloober Team’s new horror identified as Project C, with the contract apparently lapsed and perhaps needs to be renewed with another publisher.
Bloober Team is the Polish studio that is also working on the remake of Silent Hill 2 shown just recently . The team has several ongoing projects and among these there is also a survival horror currently identified as “Project C” , which was supposed to be produced and published in collaboration with Private Division but on which the agreements apparently have ended.
There was no official announcement from the companies, but the document awaiting the termination of the agreements was reported by Twitter user MauroNL, one of those specialized in scouring the internet for documents.
Will Bloober Team have to look for a new publisher?
The agreement between Bloober Team and Private Division was signed in September 2021 and in the terms there was the possibility of ending the relationship even before the game was completed. This seems to be exactly what happened, given that the title should still be in development.
Private Division seems to have canceled the deal for Bloober Team’s horror sequel to Silent Hill
Take-Two Interactive's Private Division label has terminated its publishing agreement with Bloober Team for the development of Project C; an unannounced new survival horror IP.
Terms of termination are being negotiated, with Bloober Team possibly looking for another publisher. pic.twitter.com/EjHnp71nke
— MauroNL (@MauroNL3) May 30, 2024
At this point, Bloober would be looking for a new publisher to carry on the project, unless contacts with Private Division resume, but given the current situation of the label in question this eventuality seems rather remote.
As we have seen, Take-Two appears to be actively dismantling Private Division , with the still unofficial but at this point evident closure of the Kerbal Space Program and OlliOlli teams , numerous layoffs and perhaps even a desire to completely shut down the division, which had been created for the publishing of indie titles and similar.