The Swedes from Hazelight have accustomed us to atypical and captivating experiences. The latest, It Takes Two is a real success. Three years after its release, the studio obviously has things to celebrate.
It’s THE game of the year 2021. It Takes Two made an impression with its humor and its multiplayer gameplay full of ideas, making Hazelight one of the studios to watch closely.
It Takes Two was indeed a real surprise when it came out. Only available to the public in multiplayer for an experience based on the spirit of cooperationit follows the journey of a couple in crisis who must relearn how to function as a couple to get out of an… extraordinary situation!
Hazelight recently did the count, and more than 16 million copies of the game have been sold in three years. After an honorable success for his first title, A Way Out, the Swedish studio breaks the house with It Takes Two. But then, when is the next step?
After It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios prepares for the future
Last night, the creators of It Takes Two had a burst of nostalgia. On the social network Josef Fares, during the 2014 BAFTAs. That day, he received an award for Brother: A Tale of Two Sons, which he had produced at the Starbreeze studio. Shortly after, he founded Hazelight.
The studio will celebrate its 10th anniversary next November. To celebrate this symbolic anniversary, he plans to regularly share new behind-the-scenes content from this decade. But that’s not all it’s preparing for 2024. In fact, the teams say they have “ new (very good) things in the works “. Even more interesting, they assure that they will talk about it “ This year “.
The future of Hazelight is therefore taking shape. THE new game will the studio be a sequel to one of its previous productions or a brand new game? In any case, it’s a safe bet that it will be a surprising new cooperative experience. Now all we have to do is wait. We will know more very soon!