Josef Fares and Hazelight have created an award-winning co-op game with IT Takes Two. Now he has an idea for Ubisoft.
Who is it about? Josef Fares is the founder of Hazelight Studios and the game director of the co-op games “It Takes Two” and “A Way Out”. Both are co-op games that are played in the split screen-i.e. on a shared screen.
With “A Way Out”, Hazelight 2018 had a first consideration before the Swedish studio even won the game of the year with “IT Takes Two” in 2021.
In an interview with the English -language magazine Gamesradar, Fares also spoke about Ubisoft and even made the idea for a game to the competitor.
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“You would sell a lot of copies”
What kind of idea is that? Fares finds it “crazy” that other publishers do not play co-op games. People would love these games and he even has an idea of how Ubisoft could earn money with the “Splinter Cell” series: “I look at Ubisoft, and they are currently fighting-and I hope that someone listens to this interview -But why don’t you take Sam Fisher and make a pure split screen game? “
Ubisoft has not released a new offshoot of the Stealth game for almost 11.5 years. With Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the most recent part was released in 2013. Fares, however, sees the series the opportunity for a co-op game: “Don’t be too cowardly, a single player[-Spiel] To make it, just say it is just split screen. “
Then Fares continued: “I can guarantee you, you would sell a lot of copies. […] This is a guaranteed success for you; It is for you, Ubisoft. You can get it from me for free. “
What’s going on at Ubisoft? Ubisoft is currently in a financially difficult situation that is due to some failures, including the flopped Skull & Bones, Star Wars Outlaws and Xdefiant.
The future of Ubisoft currently seems very uncertain. Experts believe that the sale of individual IPs or even the company could be pending if the negative course cannot be stopped. Industry insider Jason Schreier also believes that Ubisoft has only one chance in 2025 and that is Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
For Josef Fares and Hazelight, things are going really well. In March 2025, they bring out their latest game, which will also rely on SplitScreen-Coop again: Split fiction. Already in the first trailer of the title, Fares took great tones: “No loot boxes, no microtransactions, no bullshit”-new co-op game of celebrated developers wants to convince as a game