Volition veterans, creators of Saints Row, founded their own studio and are already working on a AAA with Xbox

Embracer Group is not going through its best moment. Gone are the days when the company bought studios and IP and its present is marked by closing development teams and laying off employees. The last, the nearly 100 employees of Eidos Montreal.

In addition, a few weeks ago it announced the closure of Volition, the studio responsible for Saints Row, one of the most popular sagas in the industry. A blow to fans who can begin to breathe a little relief, since some studio veterans have formed their own studio: Shapeshifter Games.

Shapshifter Games will be a studio focused on co-development

The studio is located in Champaign, Illinois, and They are already working on their first AAA.

News shared by colleagues Technological Raptorwho located the information from the new study in LinkedIn. Furthermore, it is reported that Shapeshifter Games will be a co-development studio, that is, it will be a study to support further developments. Of course, they also say that they will be a team focused on open worlds developed with Unreal Engine 5.

Furthermore, They confirm that they already have their first project in hand, which will be a collaboration with Xbox Game Studios. In other words, Microsoft could have another exclusive project in progress in which this new development studio would collaborate. Or, it could be a team that intervenes to accelerate the development of one of the games already announced. Maybe contraband?