In June, publisher Tinybuild acquired the development team behind the hit franchise Hello Neighbor. Presumably to bring everything together, they also invested in Hologryph, the development team behind Hello Neighbor's multiplayer spin-off, Secret Neighbor. This investment gives TinyBuild a majority stake, and the funds themselves will be used for a new IP for next-generation consoles.

Tinybuild also announced that the Hello Neighbor franchise has surpassed 60 million downloads across all platforms (PC, Xbox One, PS4, Google Stadia, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch). This is even more surprising, considering that "Hello Neighbor" was a bad movie. Our reviewer Chris Thursten wrote that it was "bargain-basement going"; I guess we still believed in cosmic justice back in 2017.

Eerie Guest, the developer of Hello Neighbor, as the team has been called since the acquisition of Tinybuild, is currently working on Hello Neighbor 2. Alpha 1.5 is available for free on Steam and is currently receiving very positive It is a direct sequel to the first game, which is currently receiving very positive reviews. The finished game is expected to be released in 2021. [The concept of Hello Neighbor 2 is a lovely one, much like Alien: Isolation. The AI can therefore use items in the same way you do. Secret Neighbor, on the other hand, is a game like Along Us. Several players are trying to break into a house, and one of them is actually a creepy neighbor in disguise.

(Thanks, VentureBeat.