Neowiz is publishing Zakazane's noir-themed Western game.

Neowiz teams with Zakazane on noir Western video game

Neowiz has signed an agreement to publish a noir-themed Wild West video game being made by Poland’s Zakazane game studio.

Seoul, South Korea-based Neowiz is the maker of Lies of P, an action role-playing game loosely based on Pinocchio. Now it will be the global publisher for the Old West RPG coming Warsaw-based Zakazane, which was started in 2022 by a team of developers from studios such as CD Projekt Red (The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077) and 11bit Studios (War of Mine and Frostpunk).

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