Jason Blundell, former inventive lead for Activision Blizzard’s Name of Responsibility: Black Ops sequence, has introduced the formation of a brand new growth studio known as Magic Fractal Studios. Blundell introduced the studio in a livestream with former Darkish Outlaw Video games colleague JC Farmer, a bit of greater than every week after his earlier studio was shut down by Sony.
Little is thought about Magic Fractal aside from its brand and social media accounts. Darkish Outlaw Video games was equally shrouded in thriller, shutting down earlier than saying its first venture. All that’s recognized is what Blundell revealed after the studio closed. “Darkish Outlaw wasn’t engaged on a reside service recreation.” This distinction is notable, if solely as a result of live-service video games have been concerned in at the very least two high-profile studio closures previously. Sony closed Firewalk Studios in October 2024, shortly after the discharge of its live-service shooter Harmony, and Bluepoint Video games in February 2026 after a live-service recreation based mostly on the God of Warfare sequence was reported to have been cancelled.
Magic Fractal is Blundell’s third studio after leaving Activision Blizzard in 2020. He based Darkish Outlaw Video games in March 2025 with assist from Sony. Beforehand, he headed Deviation Video games, which closed in 2024 and reportedly additionally developed video games for the PlayStation.
