EXCLUSIVE: Louise Blain is becoming a member of Blumhouse Video games as Artistic Lead, the corporate stated Wednesday. In her new function, the journalist and radio host will work with the companions on the nascent division to carry their artistic imaginative and prescient to life of their optimum type with a concentrate on narrative and world constructing. She’ll additionally assist the studio to determine and vet potential companions and sport concepts.
With greater than 12 years of expertise throughout magazines, on-line content material and podcasts, Blain is dialed in to the horror style. She additionally served as host of the BBC radio program Sound of Gaming.
“Louise brings an encyclopedic data of horror throughout all media, significantly in video video games,” stated Blumhouse Video games president Zach Wooden. “Her artistic lens and prior expertise in style completely aligns with our objective of delivering distinctive and artistic horror sport experiences to our viewers.”
Added Blain: “As a giant fan of Blumhouse horror in all its varieties, I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the video games division. I’m actually trying ahead to working with our improvement companions to ship much more frights.”
Blumhouse Video games was established earlier this yr when Wooden and Don Sechler have been named president and CFO, respectively. The subsidiary companions with impartial sport builders on authentic, horror-themed video games for console, PC and cell audiences.
Within the spirit of its movement image enterprise, Blumhouse Video games is focusing on indie-budget video games (under $10M) to allow innovation and push artistic boundaries.
