Hello again everyone, Mario from Artisan Studios here. Following up on my post from late 2024, I wanted to share a brief recap of a few key moments from 2025 and give the community a clear picture of where things stand as we head into 2026. Development on Lost Hellden continued throughout the year across our teams in Canada, France, and the UAE, and is the sole focus of our studio.
Here are the main highlights from 2025:
We signed a worldwide publishing deal with Kwalee for the PC and console versions of Lost Hellden. You can read all about it in this article by the RPG Site.
We partnered with Crunchyroll's Game Vault, making Lost Hellden one of the first pre-release titles selected for their premium mobile service! You can find out more about it in this article by Pocket Gamer.
We showed Lost Hellden live to the press for the first time ever at Gamescom 2025. The game was selected as “UAE Game of the Show" and promoted on Steam. Our announcement trailer was even featured by Nintendo during Gamescom:
We met with media from Japan, South Korea, China, and Southeast Asia during Tokyo Game Show. Here is one example of the coverage, via 4Gamer.net in Japan.
Lost Hellden passed 50,000 Steam wishlists in 2025 and continues to climb! If you’d like to support the game, you can view our steam page here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2355020/Lost_Hellden/
You can also join our Discord or newsletter from our website if you’re interested in playtesting the demo, which we plan to make public in 2026. We started testing the first few hours of gameplay this year with the community.
In 2026 we plan to share more frequent updates as we move through our next production milestones with Kwalee, including new gameplay showcases and a clearer roadmap toward release.
To finish, here is a 30-minute interview recorded at Tokyo Game Show by Hobby Denki that hasn’t circulated widely. It covers the studio’s history and more details about the world and gameplay of Era: