Bloober Team and Konami announce strategic partnership

Konami has announced a strategic cooperation has been signed with Bloober Team, developers of The Medium, for the joint development of contents and the exchange of know-how.

Bloober Team president Piotr Babieno stated

“It is a historic day for me and the culmination of several years of our work, The fact that such a renowned company as Konami has decided to strategically cooperate with the Bloober Team means that we also joined the world leaders in gaming and became an equal partner for the leading players in this market.”

Konami president Hideki Hayakawa also said , “We have been providing unique entertainment content and ways to enjoy it through the use of information technology. In the digital entertainment industry, significant changes in the business environment are expected in the future. We look forward to combining Bloober Team’s and our respective characteristics and strengths to create high-quality contents.”

Further details were not shared but VGC sources, claims that one of the projects Bloober Team is working on is a Silent Hill related project but also noted that at least one other Silent Hill project was outsourced to a “prominent developer” in Japan.

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