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Jason Blundell, a erstwhile imaginative lead connected Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops series, has announced that he's formed a caller improvement workplace called Magic Fractal Studios. Blundell announced nan workplace on a livestream pinch erstwhile Dark Outlaw Games coworker JC Farmer, a small complete a week aft nan erstwhile workplace was closed by Sony.
Little is known astir Magic Fractal beyond its logo and societal media accounts. Dark Outlaw Games was likewise mysterious, and closed earlier it could moreover denote its first project. All that's known is what Blundell has shared aft nan workplace was unopen down: Dark Outlaw wasn't moving connected a live-service game. The favoritism is notable, if only because live-service games person been connected to astatine slightest 2 notable workplace closures successful nan past. Sony shut down Firewalk Studios successful October 2024, not agelong aft its live-service shooter Concord was released, and successful February 2026, closed Bluepoint Games aft its live-service crippled based connected nan God of War bid was reportedly cancelled.
Magic Fractal is Blundell's 3rd workplace aft leaving Activision Blizzard successful 2020. He formed Dark Outlaw Games pinch Sony's backing in March 2025. Before that, he led Deviation Games, which was closed successful 2024 and was reportedly besides moving connected a crippled for PlayStation.
