South Parkcreators Matt Stone and Trey Parker recently inked a massive $900 million deal to continue their award-winning animated sitcom franchise. The deal includes at least six more seasons ofSouth Parkon TV, plus14South Parkmovies, along with a brand new video game based on the series. Little is known about the newSouth Parkvideo game beyond that it’s in development, but its developers has now been confirmed.
According to Bloomberg, Matt Stone has said that theSouth Parkvideo game is in development at an “in-house studio.” PreviousSouth Parkvideo games have been developed by other studios, with Ubisoft having the most involvement in recent years. It’s unclear exactly who is making theSouth Parkvideo game at South Park Studios, and if the team consists of any proven industry talent, but more information will surely come to light as development progresses.
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Ubisoft has been makingSouth Parkvideo games since2014’s critically-acclaimedSouth Park: The Stick of Truth(published by Ubisoft, developed by Obsidian Entertainment). The 2014South ParkRPG was praised by fans and critics alike for its faithfulness to the TV show, and for giving players the chance to fully explore an open world version of South Park.
South Park: The Stick of Truthwasfollowed up bySouth Park: The Fractured But Whole, which featured similar RPG gameplay mixed with a brand new combat system and superhero theme. Ubisoft also released theSouth Park: Phone Destroyermobile game, though neither game quite lived up to the high bar set byThe Stick of Truth. It will be interesting to see if the newSouth Parkgame is yet another RPG or if it goes in a completely different direction.
Prior to Ubisoft’sSouth Parkvideo games, theSouth Parkvideo games weren’t really considered quality games. The originalSouth Parkvideo game was critically-panned, and there weren’t many impressed by theChef’s Luv Shackparty game, either. TheSouth Park Rallykart racing game similarly earned mostly negative reviews from critics at the time of its release. It’s worth pointing out that thepoorly-receivedSouth Parkgameswere made without any serious involvement from Stone or Parker, though they were involved with the Ubisoft games.
With thenewSouth Parkvideo gamebeing developed in-house, one has to imagine that Stone and Parker will be even more deeply involved in its development. All fans can do is speculate for now, but hopefully they don’t have to wait a terribly long time to find out what the game has in store.
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