Nacon is definitely on the rise right now. He’s not satisfied with having acquired a dozen studios in the past few years, including Big Ant Studios, and here he’s announcing a new one! Passtech Games, the Lyon based studio, in particular creator of Curse of the dead gods, is now joining the ranks of the French publishing giant. The agreement stipulates that Sylvain Passot will head his studio, founded in 2012, whose creative powers he will retain.
Nacon does not hide its ambition to become a major player in so-called “AA” stocks. Now with 11 international development locations, with studios in Australia, Canada, Italy, Belgium and seven in France. Since Nacon is unable to compete with a juggernaut like Ubisoft, it relies on the creativity of its employees. It must also be admitted that the development tools available to developers from all walks of life are blurring budget lines. Take, for example, the MetaHuman Creator, the engine add-on Unreal enginebeing able to make faces more real than life … it will soon be available to everyone regardless of the finances involved. Or Hellblade, AA, which dwarfs many titles at a much higher cost. Especially since a huge budget in no way guarantees a return on investment, as the debacle recently demonstrated to us. anthem.
Let’s see what Nacon is up to, because we only want good titles on our favorite consoles!
