game award As the studio founded by will play host to another new game announcement The last of us Co-creator Bruce Straley will soon reveal its debut title during the show. Game Awards show host Geoff Keighley and Straley's studio, Wildflower Interactive, confirmed the news on social media with a short video teaser.
As Wildflower Interactive's studio lead, Straley has decades of game development experience, most of his career spent working on Naughty Dog. During his time with Sony's subsidiary studio, Straley co-produced The last of us Along with Neil Druckmann and was the game director of both Unknown 2: Among Thieves and Unknown 4: A Thief's End. Straley's first Naughty Dog credits were as an actor Crash Team Racing and Jack and Daxter The platforming trilogy. Prior to his time on Naughty Dog, Straley worked as an artist at Crystal Dynamics Gex series. After leaving a 17-year career with Naughty Dog, Straley went public with Wildflower Interactive in 2022. Wildflower operates in a fully remote work environment, and Straley said he wants the studio to be “inclusive, equitable and collaborative.”
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Bruce Straley's latest project will be revealed at the Game Awards
Now, years after Straley worked on one of the PlayStation's best sequels, his current studio will soon show what it's been working on since its formation. Wildflower Interactive's first project will be revealed during The Game Awards 2025. TGA showrunner Geoff Keighley posted a 30-second video that shows Straley and Wildflower Interactive at work. The video shows a cell-shaded forest, a bird perched on a wooden road sign, and other wildlife and wind sounds in the background. An unseen character is also heard encouraging someone to “come on” as the bird flies away.
The trailer then closes with black and wildflower interactive and The Game Awards logo. The title of Wildflower Interactive's debut game was not revealed during the 30-second teaser, leaving curious fans to wonder what the game's name and genre would be based on what was shown. The Game Awards 2025 will be broadcast on Thursday, December 11 on platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. The broadcast will begin at 7:30 PM Eastern with a 30-minute pre-show before the main event begins shortly thereafter. However, it's not known exactly when Wildflower Interactive's debut will air during the game broadcast, so fans will have to tune in to The Game Awards to find out live.
Wildflower Interactive joins a loaded TGA table
Along with revealing the winners of accolades like Game of the Year, Best Performance, and Players' Voice, the Game Awards are slated to be packed with new trailers to whet fans' appetites. Previously-announced games, such as Capcom's anticipated Resident Evil requests And Sony's upcoming title Saaroos, will get extended looks during the event. In addition to Wildflower Interactive's debut game reveal, TGA will also showcase some new games that fans haven't seen before. In response to Wildflower Interactive's new teaser on social media, fans of Straley's work said they would be watching the show with interest, while others said Wildflower would have been better as a surprise during the teaser broadcast.
For Naughty Dog, the award-winning studio closed out last year's TGA event with a reveal. Intergalactic: Heretic ProphetIts first new IP in over a decade. response to IntergalacticThe debut trailer was mixed, and Naughty Dog didn't say when its upcoming PS5 title would be released. If yes remains to be seen Intergalactic Will appear again at the 2025 edition of The Game Awards, or if Sony and Naughty Dog have other plans to keep fans interested.
