Dark Passenger is based in Warsaw, Poland.

Dark Passenger raises $3M for veterans of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077

Dark Passenger, a studio formed by veterans of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, has raised $3 million in a seed round.

The Games Fund led the round, with support from Blite Fund. The investment fuels the development of an unannounced, cutting-edge, first-person multiplayer PvPvE stealth-action game, set in a unique universe inspired by feudal Japan and martial arts cinema.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.