• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Gameranx

Gameranx

Video Game News, Lists & Guides

  • News
  • Features
  • Platforms
    • Xbox Series X
    • PS5
    • Nintendo
  • Videos
  • Upcoming Games
  • Guides
  • News
  • Features
  • Platforms
    • Xbox Series X
    • PS5
    • Nintendo
  • Videos
  • Upcoming Games
  • Guides

Activision Studio Elsewhere Has Been Making A Game For Two Years Now, With Witcher 3’s Gameplay Designer

May 17, 2024 by Ryan Parreno

It didn’t take much to see how much potential this project has.

We have some interesting new information about the recently announced new Activision studio, Elsewhere Entertainment.

As tweeted out by IdleSloth, AKA Alan Feely, LinkedIn profiles of several Elsewhere employees revealed that the studio has been making a game for two years now. The company may have as many as ten employees, as listed on LinkedIn, and one of them happens to be Andrzej Kwiatkowski.

And who is Andrzej Kwiatkowski, you might ask? He happens to be the former gameplay designer at CD Projekt RED. He worked on The Witcher III and Cyberpunk 2077, before leaving for Activision in 2022.

Andrzej’s LinkedIn profile also reveals that he still stayed in his native Poland when he left CD Projekt RED for Activision. That means Activision had established a presence in Poland, and built a studio there, for around two years now.

When we had reported on the announcement of this studio, Activision stated that they are working on a “new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise”. OK, but it turns out we found out more about this much earlier.

We also reported on a job listing from Activision, that revealed they were working on a new game. We did confirm that this is the same game that Elsewhere is working on. That opening for an animation engineering director was available for two locations: in Santa Monica, California, USA, and Warsaw, Poland.

Of course, video game development can partly be done remotely, so Activision could have an arrangement for their Polish and US studios to be working with each other.  That this is a new job opening also helps us in building a bigger picture of this project.

Between when Activision started working with their unnamed Polish studio in 2022, to when they got their official name, they were likely prototyping and making a project pitch, perhaps showing Activision how they would implement a game idea, and Activision just approved their pitch very recently.

So now they’re moving forward with this new game idea, and ramping up properly to get it made. While we don’t know what the game is yet, we can already say that Microsoft is its immediate beneficiary.

Whether this game makes its way to rival platforms or becomes Xbox exclusive, Microsoft gets the leverage, and they have a new game to tout to fans and investors. They didn’t have to pay for the preliminary phase, but now they are going to have to commit to getting this game made.

It also means we probably won’t see this game for a while. It may not even resurface until sometime around 2029, but hopefully it’s something that will be worth that wait.

Share this post:

FacebookTwitterLinkedInPinterest

Recent Videos

20 Game Levels That Are LEGENDARY For A Reason

20 Game Levels That Are LEGENDARY For A Reason

This NEW Fallout Game Looks INSANE

This NEW Fallout Game Looks INSANE

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - Before You Buy

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - Before You Buy

Top 10 NEW Games of AUGUST 2025

Top 10 NEW Games of AUGUST 2025

20 Best ZOMBIE Games You Shouldn't Miss

20 Best ZOMBIE Games You Shouldn't Miss

10 Games That DESERVED Better

10 Games That DESERVED Better

10 WORST Games Where The Story ROCKS

10 WORST Games Where The Story ROCKS

CYBERPUNK 2077 PATCH 2.3 MAKES BIG CHANGES, FALLOUT 5 GREENLIT & MORE

CYBERPUNK 2077 PATCH 2.3 MAKES BIG CHANGES, FALLOUT 5 GREENLIT & MORE

Donkey Kong Bananza - Before You Buy

Donkey Kong Bananza - Before You Buy

Category: UpdatesTag: Elsewhere Entertainment, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S

Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Rumor: Metroid Prime 4 Is “In Its Final Stretch” And Still Releasing This Year
  • Suda51 Declined To Work On Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP Twice
  • Civilization 7: All Dai Viet Bonuses, Units, and Buildings | Right to Rule Collection DLC
  • Civilization 7: All Assyria Bonuses, Units, and Buildings | Right to Rule Collection DLC
  • Top Open-World Games with the Biggest Maps

Copyright © 2025 · Gameranx · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme