Game Con Canada is marking a milestone this year by hosting its first-ever studio showcase, and fittingly, Cronos: The New Dawn will be stepping into that spotlight. For Bloober Team, known for exploring the psychological edges of horror, this won’t be just another demo reel. It will be a chance to introduce something riskier and more ambitious to a brand-new audience.
We spoke with Game Director at Bloober Team, Jacek Zieba, about what it means to debut Cronos in front of Canadian fans, how the project evolved from two competing ideas into a tightly wound descent into post-apocalyptic dread, and why 1980s Poland. With all its tension, unrest, and architecture, it felt like the perfect place to start pulling at the seams of reality.
This is the first-ever studio showcase at Game Con Canada. What did it mean to the team to be part of that debut, and how does it feel to represent the evolution of horror games with Cronos: The New Dawn on that kind of... Read more