Divided fiction developer Hazelight Studios He has already started working on his next project. Just two weeks after the release of its last cooperative adventure, Stockholm studio has confirmed that its next game is in the early stages of development. In a recent interview after the launch of Split Fiction, Hazelight director Josef Tarifas He said he was “fully focused and excited” with the studio’s next title.
Hazelight working on his next game
Tariffs shared information about friends for a second podcast Published Monday. The divided fiction director said the Hazelight team was happy and excited about the successful release of the game earlier this month. But Fares is already looking at the next game.
“For me personally, every time a game is over, I’m with it.” But that’s a little special.
The studio director said he could not share details about the next game, as it was still too early to reveal any information. But Hazelight is known for playing cooperative games so that the next project can follow the same path. The tariffs also said in the podcast that the cooperative would always be part of the studio’s DNA.
“There is a reason why I can’t talk about the next game;“ You know, at Hazelight, we don’t work with games over three or four years.
Fares confirmed that the work in the next game started about a month ago, just a few weeks before the launch of divided fiction.
Hazelight relationships with EA
The founder of Hazelight also spoke about the nature of the relationship between the studio and his publication partner Electronic Arts. All hazelnut games – An exitLike this, It takes two and divided fiction – were published under the Ea Originals label. Tariffs said the light of light did not present their projects to EA.
“Ea is a supporter. “They have zero, and I want to say zero, the thing to say about what we are doing next.
“With that said, I must say that they are a good partner.*with other developers. With us, no. They respect us. They respect what we do. And I am very clear to them that they cannot interfere with what we do. Now we have become one of your most successful studios, ”said Fares.
Divided fiction released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X on March 6. The game was a critical and commercial success for Hazelight, becoming the best classified game of 2025 on Metacritic and Selling one million copies Within 48 hours after release. Last week, Hazelight confirmed Divided fiction sold two million copies in its first week.