Overview
- Shift Up, which announced the deal Wednesday, April 1, said it bought all shares of Tokyo‑based Unbound and integrated the team into its development pipeline.
- The company will directly publish Unbound’s upcoming titles and says the move grows its global service and publishing capabilities for PC and console.
- Unbound CEO Shinji Mikami remains at the creative helm and says he will be fully on‑site to make a fairly large game.
- An official announcement video showed concept and creature art, including winged monstrosities over a ruined city, but no title, release window, or platforms were revealed there.
- Unbound says it is building an original Unreal Engine 5 project for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, the studio has about 50 staff and is hiring, and neither side disclosed financial terms.