Ex-Radical Leisure, Hothead Video games devs kind new studio

Veteran builders from the defunct Radical Leisure and Hothead Video games studios have shaped a brand new studio.

As noticed by customers on Reddit yesterday, New Radical Video games is pitched as a joint effort from builders of each defunct groups, in keeping with the official web site. This contains Ian Wilkinson as CEO and Tim Bennison as COO.

On the time of publication, it appears neither of the leads have shared a proper announcement. Wilkinson’s LinkedIn profile, nonetheless, exhibits the next copy as his present title: “Former Radical Leisure, & Hothead Video games CEO co-founds New Radical Video games Inc.” In keeping with the expertise tab on this profile, he’s seemingly been the CEO and president of New Radical Video games since December 2024.

Wilkinson co-founded Radical Leisure again in 1991. Then, he offered the corporate to Vivendi Video games in 2006, and retired as CEO and president two years later. He then joined Hothead in 2009.

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Alternatively, Bennison labored with Wilkinson at Radical Leisure as govt producer and VP expertise, and joined Hothead as COO in 2020. His most up-to-date tenure was serving as COO at Capcom Recreation Studio Vancouver.

Radical Leisure made a reputation for itself with video games like The Simpsons: Hit & Run, The Unimaginable Hulk: Final Destruction, and the Prototype collection. After being a part of Vivendi Video games, the studio then operated beneath Activision, with among the newest credit together with ports of Prototype 2 and performing as a assist group for Bungie on Future.

In the meantime, Hothead Video games filed for chapter in December 2024, culminating an 18-year-long run. Some notable works embrace the Deathspank and Penny Arcade Adventures collection.

In a farewell put up by way of LinkedIn on the time, Wilkinson stated that Hothead had been engaged on a playable prototype for a triple-A mission. The timing, nonetheless, didn’t line up as anticipated, because the studio was unable to safe contracts to develop cellular, PC, and console variations of the sport.

“Sadly, it took longer than we anticipated to safe contracts for these variations of the sport,” he wrote on the time. “They had been each prepared to shut two weeks in the past after which the cellular writer pulled out attributable to a change in technique. Two weeks later the console writer additionally pulled out. At that time our solely remaining choice was chapter.”

It stays to be seen what the brand new studio shall be engaged on. In keeping with the location’s meta description, the group focuses on “remastering basic video games by enhancing visuals, audio, and gameplay to revive beloved titles for contemporary {hardware}.” The companies listed on the precise web site are work for rent full recreation growth, cellular and console, co-dev, porting, and remastering.

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