
Update: It's now been confirmed by InXile Entertainment that Shapeshifter Games has been working on the upcoming Clockwork Revolution as a "co-development partner". Here's a bit more about the collaboration:
"Shortly after Volition closed, we flew to Illinois and worked with Xbox and the then ex-Volition leadership to secure this new team as our co-development partner. Their wealth of industry experience further bolstering our efforts in developing our upcoming steampunk RPG Clockwork Revolution."
Original story: Xbox has a lot of projects in the pipeline, with all sorts of developers involved. With this in mind, it's been discovered that the "newly-formed" studio, Shapeshifter Games, is currently "co-developing" an Xbox Game Studios project.
Shapeshifter Games (located in Champaign, Illinois) has been founded by "veteran developers" from the Saints Row studio Volition and was created to partner with "world-class" developers & publishers for the creation of AAA games. Information about its first project comes from the LinkedIn profile of a lighting artist named Andrew 'AJ' Nelson, who has been involved in the "Xbox Game Studios project" since November last year.
On Shapeshifter Games' official website, it mentions how the team draws upon "deep experience in open-world and character action games" while also working on some of the industry's "most beloved franchises". Its history is comprised of "core technology group" and "creative leadership" at Volition - with the team currently recruiting talented developers, including a Lead Engineer, to help it build towards a future.
This development follows the closure of Volition last September after the newest Saints Row game failed to meet Embracer Group's expectations. Throughout its history, the studio also worked on games like Red Faction and the original Saints Row series.
If we hear any developments, we'll let you know. What do you think this team could be up to? Leave a comment below.
[source shapeshiftergames.com, via twitter.com]
Comments 5
Hopefully this studio can hit the ground running. I actually liked the saints row reboot.
It's really difficult to start a studio with no IP. Working with someone like xbox would make a ton of sense. A plethora of IP (crackdown makes sense), xbox can front the funding that shapshifter lacks, gamepass will put the game in the hands of many gamers.
Edit: it is Clockwork Revolution they are working on with xbox. Acting as a support studio for inxile.
These new studios just start coming and they won't stop coming.
I hope this is the team that made the old Saints Row games.
If this is the team responsible for the new Saints Row then I don't want any of it.
Folks, I think there is a possibility that they might work on Crackdown or a sequel to True Crime...going by former projects 😀.
One YouTuber is now claiming that Microsoft helped fund the Studio creation after a meeting was set up by Inxile entertainment & there working on Clockwork Revolution. I said this could happen but got its illegal in the UK 😅😅😅
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