Private Division & Game Freak Announce Publishing Partnership

Today news that caught many by surprise was the announcement of Private Division & Game Freak forming a publishing partnership. Private Division is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive will be publishing a new game from Game Freak.

Game Freak is most known for their work on the Pokémon franchise, but this time they are working on something completely new. It’s a brand-new action-adventure IP codenamed, Project Bloom and with this announcement they shared the first concept art for the title.

Here is what Kota Furushima Director of Game Freak had to say about the partnership

“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to create new IP that is bold and tonally different from our prior work,” said Kota Furushima, Director at Game Freak. “From the beginning, Private Division was the publisher we wanted to work with on our new game. Their track record and global expertise give us all the confidence to create a sweeping new action-adventure game that we can’t wait to share more about in the future.”

Project Bloom is expected to launch during Take-Two’s Fiscal Year 2026 as the game is still in very early development.

Source: Private Division