Harvey Smith and fellow Arkane Austin veterans announce a new studio, Black Pony Immersive
Former Arkane Austin veterans Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have announced the formation of a new studio, Black Pony Immersive. The studio, founded in August 2025, aims to create ambitious immersive sim games, drawing on the team's experience from Arkane and other studios like Insomniac and Epic Games. Black Pony Immersive is currently working on an unannounced single-player narrative-rich game.
- Entities
- Person: Harvey Smith
- Game: Redfall
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Deus Ex
- Company: Epic Games
- Company: Avalanche Studios
- Company: Arkane Austin
- Company: Volition
- Game: Dishonored
- Game: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
- Company: Black Pony Immersive
- Topic: Immersive Sim
- Company: Insomniac Games
- Person: Ben Horne
- Game: Dishonored 2
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