Former Red Dead Redemption 2 Dev working on Open World Survival Game

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Important takeaways

  • Industry veterans form ILHAM, a new game studio focused on Middle Eastern and Indian subcontinental cultures.
  • ILHAM's first game is an open-world AA survival title that aims to push genre boundaries and cultural perspectives.
  • ILHAM plans to explore lessons from the Middle East and offer a fresh narrative adventure for players.



Former Microsoft CEO Sajid Farooq and earlier Red Dead Redemption 2 developer James Rackliffe has teamed up with AAA gaming veterans to create ILHAM, a new game studio. The gaming industry has seen a lot of changes over the past few years, and some of the developers who have spent time shaping the landscape of the industry through AAA hits like Rockstars Red Dead Redemption 2 planning for newer projects using these skills.

There are plenty of factors that may have caused creators to want to take a little more control over the game development process that they've been an integral part of for a long time. Developers who have years of knowledge to share with growing talent seem to be putting more effort into creating new IPs produced by new companies, like Stig Asmussen's new studio Giant Skull, which is working on a new single-player action game with some of the talent behind God of war and Star Wars Jedi game. Another studio has been created with a new game on the way.


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Former Microsoft CEO Dr. Sajid Farooq and Red Dead Redemption 2 Developer James Rackliffe has founded ILHAM, a studio focused on producing titles with perspectives from Middle Eastern and Indian subcontinental cultures. Farooq, a former DirectX executive, believes gamers are hungry for new ideas, and he's teamed up with Rackliffe, who has experience as an EA director and with technical QA work on modern gaming classics Red Dead Redemption 2to prove it.


Industry veterans from ILHAM


The first game by ILHAM is described as an AA open-world survival title for PC and consoles, and the developers are set to push “the boundaries of both the genre and the players themselves”, signaling that the experience will not only feature tons of depth, but challenges for experienced players to get something new out. Although strong narrative games such as The Last of Us and Resident Evil 7 are highly acclaimed entries in the survival game genre, none of them provide a glimpse into the slice of culture that ILHAM plans to offer with its new title.

Creating a survival title that has a compelling story along with complex and satisfying game mechanics is a difficult task, but many veteran developers seem to be joining forces to form new studios with these goals in mind. Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser created Absurd Ventures, which is focused on providing players with yet another new story-driven adventure IP. With ILHAM, James Rackliffe has expressed a desire to explore the history and mystery of the Middle East in a way that current games rarely explore. ILHAM's upcoming games could push both players and developers into new territory.


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