There is hope for the genre: the authors of Returnal are busy with a new project

One of the hits of last year was the game Returnal, which combines teeth-grinding battles, the idea of a time loop, and procedural generation of levels. It's a single-player story action game, which means there's no multiplayer or any game-service elements. The developers recently announced that they intend to stay the course - contrary to the general trends at Sony Publishing.

According to financial reports, the efforts of Sony studios will soon focus on the format of so-called service games - with multiplayer mode, endless trophy collecting and character development. However, the Finnish team Housemarque, which has already made Returnal a hit PlayStation consoles, remains true to itself. Moreover, the company's employees already have experience in creating multiplayer.

The title and genre of the new game is still unknown - it is at the conceptual stage. But Harry Krueger, Returnal's chief game designer, has already said in an interview that the task of his studio now is to maintain its identity. Having tried their luck with online projects, Housemarque has not achieved much success, but with the single-player actioner it all worked out. So the next project will inherit many features of Returnal, although it will definitely not be the second part.