Game Freak, the developer behind thepopularPokémonseries, announced it is working on a new action-adventure game code-namedProject Bloom. The game will be published by Private Division, a subsidiary of Take-Two that brought us games likeThe Outer Worlds,OlliOlli World, andKerbal Space Program 2.
This is the first time Game Freak has partnered with a North American publisher during the development of one of its games. It has eitherself-publishedor worked with companies like Nintendoor Segain the past. On Private Division’s end, this is simply the latest in a long string of publishing deals made with developers likeOri and Blind Forest’sMoon Studios andSilent Hill 2remake’s Bloober Team.
Game Freak and Private Division did not reveal much about the game they are working on together outside of its code name and genre. A press release confirms the game’s director is Kota Furushima, who previously worked as a Battle Planner onPokémontitles likeUltra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sword, andShield. Furushima says that Game Freak is “thrilled to have the opportunity to create new IP that is bold and tonally different from our prior work.”Currently, our only look at the project is apiece of concept art byNier Automataconcept artist Koda Kazuma.
Project Bloom’sconcept art shows someone who appears to be a ronin standing in a river in front of a large tree in a luscious green forest filled with fireflies. It’s a beautiful piece of art, but it looks closer to games likeMonster HunterandGhost of Tsushimathan anything in Game Freak’s Pokémon games. We will have to wait a while to find out more about this game, though.
Private Division says thatProject Bloomis slated to release “during Take Two’s Fiscal Year 2026.” That means the game will come out sometime between June 24, 2025, and June 09, 2025.
