Streamers Shroud and Sacriel announce their own game: Project Astrid

Streamers Mike “shroud” Grzesiek and Chris “Sacriel” Ball are teaming up with developer Splash Damage to make a “AAA open-world survival game” codenamed Project Astrid. The group announced the new project on Thursday, with Splash Damage creative director Lance Winter calling Grzesiek and Ball “core members of our development team.”

“Chris and I have refined a vision for what’s next in the survival genre and with Splash Damage we’re setting out to build it,” Grzesiek said in a statement. “We want to build the best survival game ever, and with Sacriel’s brain and Splash Damage’s team, I know we can do it.”

Grzesiek, a veteran esports player who has also competed in professional games. Global Offensive Counter-StrikeAnd Valorant. His streams are also seen by a large audience, with 10.5 million Twitch followers and 6.8 millions YouTube subscribers. Ball has more than 10 years experience streaming and is an expert in survival-focused games such as Survival Quest. DayZ, PUBGAnd Escape Tarkov. This should not be surprising. Project Astrid is being pitched as a “game that streamers and gamers love playing.”

Splash Damage, a veteran studio which specializes in multiplayer games like Wolfenstein: Enemy TerritoryAnd Quake Wars: Enemy TerritoryRecent creations BrinkAnd Gears tactic. The studio’s most recently announced project is the online action game Transformers: Reactivate.

An announcement date and platform for Project AstridThese were not officially announced.

Shroud and Sacriel’s announcement is the latest in a growing trend of content creators making the leap to game development and publishing. Other examples include the esports organization 100 Thieves, run by Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, which announced the game Project X last year; YouTuber Jason “Dunkey” Gastrow, who is publishing games under the label Bigmode; and Dr. Disrespect, whose studio Midnight Society is making the game Deadrop.