Mike Laidlaw is best known for leading bioWare's Dragon Age series. A few days ago, he revealed some clues for his next project.
The details appear in a series of announcements by Private Division, the publisher of Take-Two behind Hades, Outer Worlds and Campbell Space Program 2.
Laidlaw's new game, the first of his new studio, Yellow Brick Games, will be released by Private Division, but won't be released until fiscal year 2024 at the earliest.
"The studio firmly believes that emerging systems create rich interactive worlds," Private Division wrote in a press release, "and in that spirit, Yellow Brick Games is creating an ambitious new action role-playing game." ”
Laidlaw added: "I found myself energized in the challenge of helping build a new studio – filled with incredible talent, ambitious ideas, and a real focus on our product – while making some risky decisions that might not be possible in AAA game development. ”
"We wanted to offer something special about our first game, and our partnership with Private Division supported our team to create a truly memorable game."
After several years of turmoil elsewhere in the industry, Laidlaw recently finally set up an independent studio. After 15 years at BioWare and developing some of the most popular games, Laidlaw left the company and joined Assassin's Creed: Odyssey studio Ubisoft Quebec – but left the company after 14 months.
Laidlaw's project at Ubisoft was never officially announced, but it was later reported that it was a King Arthur game, and he clashed with Ubisoft's then-chief creative officer, Serge Hasco t, who resigned from the company a few months later during the summer 2020 liquidation.