Red Dead Redemption & Mario Rabbids Devs Form An Unlikely Alliance

We always love to see new players stepping up in the industry and delivering some of the most iconic games fans have ever seen. But recent times have witnessed the rise of veteran developers taking posts instead, trying to turn their experience into something good.

This time, the former developers of the famous Red Dead Redemption franchise and the Mario + Rabbids series have come together to form a new production house, called Day 4 Night Game Studio.

From Red Dead’s side, it is none other than Christian Cantamessa, who was the lead designer and writer assigned to the series and will now lead the new venture.

He is also known for his contribution to other projects such as Shadow of Mordor and Perfect Dark.

Coming over from Mario + Rabbids, we have Davide Solani, the Creative Director for the series, who will be leading Day 4 Night along with Cantamessa.

The official announcement outlines how the duo is accompanied by many other veteran developers, working together to create a new IP.

New Studio Day 4 Night Secures Funding From Krafton and 1UP Ventures

The statement announced their new studio and revealed that they have already secured funding from Krafton and 1UP Ventures.

To give a brush-up for those who might have forgotten, Krafton is the giant behind many successful studios and franchises, the most notable being PUBG and PUBG Mobile.

1UP Ventures, on the other hand, is a venture founded by Ed Fries, who was also the co-founder of Xbox and the former Vice President of Microsoft. Since the start, its focus has been on building a community of independent game developers.

Sharing his thoughts and passion for creating video games, Cantamessa shared the following:

Unfortunately, considering that Sony’s Concord was also a project undertaken by veteran developersand seeing its outcome, the team over at Day 4 Night will have to tread carefully to make sure they don’t meet the same fate as PlayStation’s failed attempt at having a hero live-shooter.