Don't Nod, once the developer best known for the quirky adventure game Life is Strange, has seven games in development, four of which are still unannounced. With releases like Vampyr and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, it's clear that the company has bigger publishing ambitions, wants to become a real player in a particular economic space and is restructuring itself accordingly. Speaking to IGN, Don't Nod, which has studios in Paris and Montreal, said the company will refocus and focus on its “three different internal areas of expertise”: narrative adventure, action-adventure and role-playing games. These branches will specialize; the action-adventure branch is based in Paris, for example, and these developers will “expand their expertise and make better and better games with each game.”
The games we know about include Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, which looks like a real Life is Strange sequel. Koira (developed externally by Tolima but published by Don't Nod) is a “musical, hand-drawn adventure.” The third is an unnamed project with Italian developer Tiny Bull Studios. One of the unannounced games appears to be a fantasy role-playing game that isn't expected until “after 2025.” CEO Oskar Guilbert has identified a potentially sustainable gap in the market that we honestly wish more companies would (or could) take advantage of: “We feel like we're also focusing on games in response to what's happening in the industry have to concentrate on things that are more like AA or slightly above and don't necessarily go into the AAA landscape. This also makes it a little easier for us to combine our efforts and our various talents and hopefully avoid getting into a situation where we have to make difficult decisions. So our main focus at the moment is focusing and building.”