Overview

• The open-world sci-fi action-adventure title has entered early development under the narrative direction of Dan Houser, Lazlow Jones and Michael Unsworth.
• Greg Borrud, former Niantic GM and Pandemic Studios co-founder, will oversee production at Absurd Ventures.
• Smilegate is converting its 2024 equity stake into full-scale development funding for the project.
• A Better Paradise began as a Signal Award-winning audio fiction series that topped Apple’s charts and will be novelized in October.
• The collaboration leverages Smilegate’s global publishing expertise to bring Absurd Ventures’ new IP beyond Asian markets.