Ever since he left Treyarch Jason Blundell has struggled to get a game out the door, with the Call of Duty Zombies icon having his project under Deviation Games cancelled – followed shortly by the cancellation and closure of his newly-founded PlayStation Studio Dark Outlaw Games. Not to be deterred, Blundell has now revealed that he is going the indie route, officially announcing the brand new ‘Magic Fractal Studios’.

Making the official announcement during a livestream alongside ex-Dark Outlaw Games developer / YouTuber JCbackfire, Jason Blundell confirmed that he is setting up a brand new studio called Magic Fractal.

As of right now, next-to-nothing is known regarding the studio aside from its name and logo. That said, based on Blundell’s past work, whatever the team works on will likely appeal to those who enjoyed Call of Duty Zombies back during the Black Ops 1-3 days.

Speaking of Black Ops 3, Blundell also took the time during the stream to offer a tease for the long-standing ‘impossible Easter Egg’ from BO3 which has yet to be solved over a decade later.

With so many cancelled projects and closed studios in a row, here’s to hoping that Jason Blundell is finally able to achieve his goals as part of Magic Fractal Studios.

KitGuru says: Are you excited for the announcement? Were you disappointed in the closure of Deviation Games and Dark Outlaw Games? What would you want from a COD Zombies spiritual successor (if that’s the direction they choose to go in?) Let us know down below.

Yesterday, we learned that Sony and PlayStation had shut down yet another studio it had previously founded and added to the PlayStation Studios family. Dark Outlaw Games was founded by PlayStation in March 2025, and almost exactly a year later, PlayStation shut down Dark Outlaw Games, long before the studio had a chance to get its debut project out the door. Which, according to Dark Outlaw Games studio head Jason Blundell, a former Call of Duty developer who was one of the key developers behind the first four Black Ops games, would have been "a hell of a game," and […]

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Almost exactly a year ago today, Sony and PlayStation Studios announced the founding of a new studio under the PS Studios banner: Dark Outlaw Games. The studio would be led by Jason Blundell, who had recently co-founded Deviation Games, an independent studio that was initially said to be working on a live service game for PlayStation. Blundell left Deviation shortly before it was shut down, and now, Blundell has seemingly gone down with the ship, as Dark Outlaw Games, just one year later, has reportedly been shut down. First spotted on ResetEra, user J-Soul shared that Dark Outlaw Games would […]

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