Infinite Interactive’s next game will likely be a new Puzzle Quest
Last year, Firemint “acquired” Infinite Interactive, the developer behind Puzzle Quest. A few months ago, however, the company became independent once more.
Infinite Interactive’s founder and creative lead Steve Fawkner explained to Joystiq that the original move “was more of a merger” rather than an acquisition:
“There was never an actual acquisition of Infinite, it was more of a merger. It was all amicable stuff – as much as it would be fun to have a bit of a scandal. Unfortunately there isn’t one. I think everybody agreed that Infinite does its best work when it’s independent, and so we headed back out into the wilderness to work on our own stuff again.”
What matters is that Infinite Interactive still holds the rights to Puzzle Quest and another one of its IPs, Warlords. Fawkner hinted that the studio’s next game will be a new entry in the Puzzle Quest franchise:
“While I don’t have a specific announcement that I can make at the moment, if you shook a Magic 8-Ball and asked it ‘Will Infinite’s next game be a Puzzle Quest title?’, then it would quite probably say ‘All signs point to yes!’ In the short term, we will continue to build and innovate in the genres and settings that we know and love. That means games that combine fantasy, puzzles, strategy and tactics. It’s doubtful we’ll ever move too far from those genres, because they are our favorites, and you always do your best work when you’re building games that you’re passionate about.”
