The Latest Breaking News from Josef Fares

Josef Fares doesn't care what EA thinks, he'll never make a live service game: 'It will not happen with a Hazelight game, ever'

The Hazelight chief knows companies have to make money, but wants to see more developers focusing on "what they believe in."

PC Gamer · Feb 13, 2025

Swedish Video Game Maker Wants Industry To Stop Chasing Money

Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker-turned-game-developer Josef Fares is on a mission to put storytelling first in video games, slamming money-driven designs for stifling creativity.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025

Split Fiction ups the ante on It Takes Two's wacky co-op action, while showing why human creativity still matters

Game director Josef Fares explains why Split Fiction is about human stories, and wonders why other developers aren't making more co-op games

GamesRadar · Feb 13, 2025

I've played the new co-op game Josef Fares revealed at The Game Awards and the level of variety is unreal

Split Fiction could easily be another hit for Hazelight when it releases next year.

PC Gamer · Dec 13, 2024

2025's Most Intriguing Game Splits the Difference Between Sci-Fi and Fantasy

The creator of 'It Takes Two' is back with another imaginative and wild couch co-op you won't want to put down in 'Split Fiction.'

Inverse · Dec 13, 2024

Josef Fares is bragging about how good Hazelight's next game is going to be (again): 'A lot of people say I'm cocky, but it's impossible to not be cocky when you have a game like this'

The game will be revealed shortly, but its creator can't resist the uber-tease.

PC Gamer · Dec 12, 2024

The Game Awards 2024: how to watch and what to expect

We could be in for another rowdy night of gaming reveals, with jaw-dropping announcements from Xbox, 2K Games and Hazelight Studios

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024

"It's impossible to not be cocky when you have a game like this": It Takes Two's Josef Fares is back and drumming up another Game Awards reveal

Hazelight's next game will finally be announced at this week's Game Awards

GamesRadar · Dec 10, 2024

It Takes Two has somehow sold an astonishing 20 million copies, Hazelight teases new game with EA

It takes two times ten million.

PC Gamer · Oct 17, 2024

Everyone is hating on this remake of a classic game — here's why they're wrong

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is a thoughtful redux that isn’t getting a fair shake in this writer’s opinion.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 10, 2024