Exciting times ahead for Valve and Steam as most of Hopoo Games, the creators of the Risk of Rain series, have now joined Valve. Announced via a post on their official X / Twitter account, Hopoo Games itself sounds like its simply no more.
Pictured - Risk of Rain 2
While Hopoo Games are the original team behind Risk of Rain, Gearbox under Embracer took over the IP back in 2022 so the series will continue on without them.
Here's a quote of the full thread they made about it:
Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games, will now be working on game development directly at @valvesoftware!
We're incredibly grateful to Valve for their partnerships in the last decade, and are excited to continue working on their awesome titles. However, this does mean that we are stopping production on our unannounced game, "Snail".
It's been an exciting and transformative 12 years. We feel lucky for the opportunities we've had, and deeply appreciate both our team and fans that have supported us and our games.
We love making games - and will continue to do so, for years to come. We're excited to be working side-by-side with the talented people at Valve. But for now - sleep tight, Hopoo Games.
What do you think they will be working on? Deadlock, Half-Life 3 or something else entirely?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: EhvisSounds kind of similar to the Campo Santo thing. Which was kind of sad because I wanted to see their next game. But it also gave us Half-Life: Alyx, which was amazing. So I do wonder what they're cooking up.I'm still sad about Campo Santo. I loved Firewatch and the team joining Valve were adamant that they would get to finish their new game.
I had high hopes, but a few months later one of the team members claimed on Twitter they just being used to create assets for a new unreleased game. Turned out to be Underlords a year later. And while I enjoyed that game, it wasn't the Campo Santo game were were all waiting for, and which years later still hasn't surfaced. Slated for a 2029 release... that's some Valve time right there. Sigh.
ExpandingMan Sep 3
Quoting: scaineAnd while I enjoyed that game, it wasn't the Campo Santo game were were all waiting for, and which years later still hasn't surfaced. Slated for a 2029 release... that's some Valve time right there. Sigh.
I've put it on my wish list now.
Yes, this will change the world.
chickenb00 Sep 5
Good on Hopoo devs joining Valve though.
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