Mario + Rabbids director Davide Soliani has teamed up with Red Dead Redemption lead designer and writer Christian Cantamessa to found a new studio, Day 4 Night.
The first Day 4 Night project, a new IP co-led by Soliani and Cantamessa, is described by Xbox co-founder Ed Fries – whose 1Up Ventures is funding the studio along with publisher Krafton – as “easily the most creative thing we've seen in a long time.” sometimes”.
Beyond that, details on the team's first game are limited, though Soliani calls the studio's work “a reflection of everything I've always wanted to experience as a gamer: joy, adventure, poetry, action, wonder, and the joy of working with they”. friends.”
“It is a lullaby to my soul and a serenade to our industry,” he continued, “to the magic and madness of creating worlds from nothing. It is a story of triumphs, challenges, dreams, to illuminate the path that We walk together.”
More broadly, Day 4 Night, which will operate out of offices in Los Angeles and Milan, says it is “focused on delivering deeply sincere and original games that innovate storytelling and design.” Other members of the team include Luca Breda, Gian Marco Zanna and Cristina Nava, who worked on Mario + Rabbids at Ubisoft Milan and whose credits at Ubisoft span titles such as Ghost Recon, Just Dance and Star Wars Outlaws.
Soliani, whose 25-year stint at Ubisoft included 11 years on both Mario + Rabbids games, announced his departure from the publisher in July, teasing a “new adventure” to come.