New Blood Interactive

{{Infobox company

| name = New Blood Interactive

| logo = New Blood Interactive.png

| type = Private

| industry = Video games

| founded = {{Start date and age|2014}}

| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Aaron Alexander|Kreyg DeZago|Dave Oshry}}

| hq_location_city =

| hq_location_country =

| key_people = Dave Oshry (CEO)

| products = {{Unbulleted list|Amid Evil|Dusk|Ultrakill|Faith: The Unholy Trinity}}

| num_employees = 25

| num_employees_year = 2022

| website = {{URL|https://newblood.games/}}

}}

New Blood Interactive is a video game publisher founded by Aaron Alexander, Kreyg DeZago, and Dave Oshry in 2014. The company originally developed virtual reality games before turning to publishing, first releasing Nick Clinkscales's Super Galaxy Squadron and finding early success with David Szymanski's Dusk.

History

New Blood Interactive was founded in 2014 by lead designer Aaron Alexander, lead programmer Kreyg DeZago, and chief executive officer Dave Oshry. Alexander and Oshry had previously collaborated on the 2013 remake of Rise of the Triad. The company initially aimed to develop virtual reality games, including a boxing game it wanted to present at the Game Developers Conference. However, these plans never materialized. Oshry later came into contact with Nick Clinkscales. At the time, New Blood was looking for a pixel artist and Clinkscales needed a publisher for his Kickstarter-backed game Super Galaxy Squadron, so they agreed that New Blood would publish the game and Clinkscales join the company in return. Super Galaxy Squadron was released in January 2015. It was remastered as Super Galaxy Squadron EX in February 2016, with the Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo version released in March 2017.

When Oshry encountered David Szymanski, who knew Oshry had worked on the Rise of the Triad remake, Szymanski spontaneously decided to pitch his boomer shooter game Dusk. New Blood released the game into early access in January 2018, and its success gave the company long-time financial support. New Blood subsequently signed publishing agreements for further retro-style games, including Amid Evil and Faith: The Unholy Trinity. Towards the end of Dusk{{'}}s early-access phase, the company brought in Dillon Rogers to help complete the game, which was released in December 2018. As New Blood employees, Rogers and Szymanski commenced work on the stealth game Gloomwood. Oshry considered this the beginning of a new phase for the studio, turning from solely a publisher to also developing games internally.

Organization

As of August 2022, New Blood has 25 employees. The company has a flat hierarchy with many developers helping out on other projects. Most planning is done via Discord. Oshry oversees all development teams and manages the internal quality assurance team, which routinely tests games during their development. Oshry supports trade unions in the video game industry.

Games published

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Developer(s) ! scope="col" \| Platform(s)
scope="row" \| 2015 \| Super Galaxy Squadron \| Psyche Studios \| Linux, Windows
scope="row" \| 2016 \| Super Galaxy Squadron Ex \| Psyche Studios \| Linux, Windows
scope="row" \| 2017 \| Super Galaxy Squadron Ex Turbo \| Psyche Studios, Synset \| Linux, Windows
scope="row" \| 2018 \| Dusk \| David Szymanski \| Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| 2019 \| Amid Evil \| Indefatigable \| Nintendo Switch, Windows
Kyle Is Famous: Complete Edition \|John Szymanski \|Nintendo Switch, Windows
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2020 \| Unfortunate Spacemen \| Geoff "Zag" Keene \| Windows
Ultrakill (early access) \| Arsi "Hakita" Patala \| Windows
scope="row" \| 2021 \| Dusk '82 \| David Szymanski \| Nintendo Switch, Windows
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2022 \| Gloomwood (early access) \| Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski \| Windows
Faith: The Unholy Trinity \| Airdorf Games \| Nintendo Switch, Windows
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2023 \| Amid Evil VR \| Indefatigable, Andre Elijah Immersive \| Windows
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition \| Nightdive Studios \| Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2024 \| Fallen Aces (early access) \| Trey Powell, Jason Bond \| Windows
Blood West{{cite web \|last1=Sheehan \|first1=Gavin \|title=New Blood Interactive Acquires Publishing Rights For Blood West \|url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/new-blood-interactive-acquires-publishing-rights-for-blood-west/ \|website=Bleeding Cool \|access-date=5 December 2024}} \| Hyperstrange \| Windows
scope="row" rowspan="5" \| {{DTBA}} \| Tenebris Somnia \| Andrés Borghi, Saibot Studios \| Windows
Untitled CRPG \| {{TBA}} \| {{TBA}}
Untitled top-down shooter{{cite tweet \|author=New Blood Interactive \|author-link=New Blood Interactive \|user=NewBlood \|number=1537227177099669505 \|date=June 16, 2022 \|title=@DaveOshry Our top down shooter has actually been in development for a VERY long time. yes, all the levels are hand crafted yes, it has a built in level editor yes, it's co-op yes, that's Hank and V1 yes, most New Blood Universe characters will be in it. https://t.co/doVj94z60t \|language=en \|access-date=March 25, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904220212/https://twitter.com/NewBlood/status/1537227177099669505 \|archive-date=September 4, 2022 \|url-status=live}} \| {{TBA}} \| {{TBA}}
Untitled vehicular combat game{{cite tweet \|author=New Blood Interactive \|author-link=New Blood Interactive \|user=NewBlood \|number=1537230256389914624 \|date=June 16, 2022 \|title=And yes, we're still working on that little old Car Combat game. Slowly but surely. Meet "The Postman" He used to deliver... Now he's just insane. https://t.co/8KONf0dfzK \|language=en \|access-date=March 25, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009140731/https://twitter.com/newblood/status/1537230256389914624 \|archive-date=October 9, 2022 \|url-status=live}} \| {{TBA}} \| {{TBA}}
Untitled Faith visual novel{{cite tweet \|author=New Blood Interactive \|author-link=New Blood Interactive \|user=NewBlood \|number=1537231812405399552 \|date=June 16, 2022 \|title=As for the other games we've teased such as the FAITH visual novel and AMID EVIL VR? Well @Airdorf and @Ducky_Szymanski are very busy so nothing new to share about your faceless waifu today. And @AndreElijah and team are still hard at work on AEVR as well as "other" things ;) https://t.co/0Qnb5Hpryx \|language=en \|access-date=March 25, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616003404/https://twitter.com/NewBlood/status/1537231812405399552 \|archive-date=June 16, 2022 \|url-status=live}} \| {{TBA}} \| {{TBA}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Developer(s)

! scope="col" | Platform(s)

scope="row" | 2015

| Super Galaxy Squadron

| Psyche Studios

| Linux, Windows

scope="row" | 2016

| Super Galaxy Squadron Ex

| Psyche Studios

| Linux, Windows

scope="row" | 2017

| Super Galaxy Squadron Ex Turbo

| Psyche Studios, Synset

| Linux, Windows

scope="row" | 2018

| Dusk

| David Szymanski

| Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows

rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2019

| Amid Evil

| Indefatigable

| Nintendo Switch, Windows

Kyle Is Famous: Complete Edition

|John Szymanski

|Nintendo Switch, Windows

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2020

| Unfortunate Spacemen

| Geoff "Zag" Keene

| Windows

Ultrakill (early access)

| Arsi "Hakita" Patala

| Windows

scope="row" | 2021

| Dusk '82

| David Szymanski

| Nintendo Switch, Windows

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2022

| Gloomwood (early access)

| Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski

| Windows

Faith: The Unholy Trinity

| Airdorf Games

| Nintendo Switch, Windows

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2023

| Amid Evil VR

| Indefatigable, Andre Elijah Immersive

| Windows

Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

| Nightdive Studios

| Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2024

| Fallen Aces (early access)

| Trey Powell, Jason Bond

| Windows

Blood West{{cite web |last1=Sheehan |first1=Gavin |title=New Blood Interactive Acquires Publishing Rights For Blood West |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/new-blood-interactive-acquires-publishing-rights-for-blood-west/ |website=Bleeding Cool |access-date=5 December 2024}}

| Hyperstrange

| Windows

scope="row" rowspan="5" | {{DTBA}}

| Tenebris Somnia

| Andrés Borghi, Saibot Studios

| Windows

Untitled CRPG

| {{TBA}}

Untitled top-down shooter{{cite tweet |author=New Blood Interactive |author-link=New Blood Interactive |user=NewBlood |number=1537227177099669505 |date=June 16, 2022 |title=@DaveOshry Our top down shooter has actually been in development for a VERY long time. yes, all the levels are hand crafted yes, it has a built in level editor yes, it's co-op yes, that's Hank and V1 yes, most New Blood Universe characters will be in it. https://t.co/doVj94z60t |language=en |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904220212/https://twitter.com/NewBlood/status/1537227177099669505 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}

| {{TBA}}

Untitled vehicular combat game{{cite tweet |author=New Blood Interactive |author-link=New Blood Interactive |user=NewBlood |number=1537230256389914624 |date=June 16, 2022 |title=And yes, we're still working on that little old Car Combat game. Slowly but surely. Meet "The Postman" He used to deliver... Now he's just insane. https://t.co/8KONf0dfzK |language=en |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009140731/https://twitter.com/newblood/status/1537230256389914624 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live}}

| {{TBA}}

Untitled Faith visual novel{{cite tweet |author=New Blood Interactive |author-link=New Blood Interactive |user=NewBlood |number=1537231812405399552 |date=June 16, 2022 |title=As for the other games we've teased such as the FAITH visual novel and AMID EVIL VR? Well @Airdorf and @Ducky_Szymanski are very busy so nothing new to share about your faceless waifu today. And @AndreElijah and team are still hard at work on AEVR as well as "other" things ;) https://t.co/0Qnb5Hpryx |language=en |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616003404/https://twitter.com/NewBlood/status/1537231812405399552 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |url-status=live}}

| {{TBA}}

= Unreleased =

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scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Developer(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Abbr\|Ref(s).\|Reference(s)}}
Haymaker \|New Blood Interactive \| \|
Lazer Type \| Labcoat Studios \| \| {{centered\|}}
Tonight We Riot \| Pixel Pushers Union 512 \| Changed publishers to Means Interactive \| {{centered\|}}
Maximum Action \| George Mandell \| Changed publishers to Balloon Moose Games \| {{centered\|}}

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scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Developer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}

Haymaker

|New Blood Interactive

Lazer Type

| Labcoat Studios

| {{centered|}}

Tonight We Riot

| Pixel Pushers Union 512

| Changed publishers to Means Interactive

| {{centered|}}

Maximum Action

| George Mandell

| Changed publishers to Balloon Moose Games

| {{centered|}}

References

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{{cite magazine |title=Studio Profile: New Blood Interactive |first=Edwin |last=Evans-Thirlwell |magazine=Edge |issue=375 |publisher=Future Publishing |date=August 11, 2022 |pages=94–97}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/16/crunch-the-video-game-industrys-notorious-labor-problem.aspx |title=Crunch: The Video Game Industry's Notorious Labor Problem |first=David |last=Milner |date=January 16, 2018 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720160557/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/16/crunch-the-video-game-industrys-notorious-labor-problem.aspx |url-status=live }}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/super_galaxy_squadron/b/pc/archive/2015/01/29/psyche-studio-and-new-blood-release-super-galaxy-squadron-for-child-s-play-charity.aspx |title=Super Galaxy Squadron |first=Mike |last=Futter |date=January 29, 2015 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229124520/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/super_galaxy_squadron/b/pc/archive/2015/01/29/psyche-studio-and-new-blood-release-super-galaxy-squadron-for-child-s-play-charity.aspx |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/previews/lazer-type-proves-how-far-your-typing-skills-can-fall/226719/ |title=Lazer Type Proves How Far Your Typing Skills Can Fall |first=Kyle |last=LeClair |date=September 17, 2016 |website=Hardcore Gamer |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228134443/https://hardcoregamer.com/previews/lazer-type-proves-how-far-your-typing-skills-can-fall/226719/ |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/videos/super-galaxy-squadron-ex-upgrades-to-turbo/249406/ |title=Super Galaxy Squadron Ex Upgrades to Turbo |first=James |last=Cunningham |date=March 7, 2017 |website=Harccore Gamer |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229124520/https://hardcoregamer.com/videos/super-galaxy-squadron-ex-upgrades-to-turbo/249406/ |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.newblood.info/staff |title=Staff |year=2014 |publisher=New Blood Interactive |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330210247/http://www.newblood.info/staff |url-status=dead}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/16/18178332/game-developer-union-crunch |title=Game developers need to unionize |first=Tim |last=Colwill |date=January 16, 2019 |website=Polygon |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204210016/https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/16/18178332/game-developer-union-crunch |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dusks-developers-are-making-a-fallout-inspired-crpg-with-first-person-combat |title=Dusk's developers are making a Fallout-inspired CRPG with first-person combat |first=Graham |last=Smith |date=October 11, 2022 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204210016/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dusks-developers-are-making-a-fallout-inspired-crpg-with-first-person-combat |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grungy-retro-fps-dusk-hits-early-access-on-january-11th |title=Grungy retro FPS Dusk hits Early Access on January 11th |first=Dominic |last=Tarason |date=December 29, 2017 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204210017/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grungy-retro-fps-dusk-hits-early-access-on-january-11th |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dusk-fps-release-date-december-10th |title=Chunky retro FPS Dusk rises from early access on December 10th |first=Dominic |last=Tarason |date=October 31, 2018 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128124210/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dusk-fps-release-date-december-10th |url-status=live }}

{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/poddamnamerica/tonight-we-riot-w-ted-stephen-from-pixel-pusher-union |title=Tonight We Riot w/ Ted & Stephen from Pixel Pusher Union |first1=Jake |last1=Flores |first2=Alex |last2=Ptak |first3=Anders |last3=Lee |date=May 13, 2020 |publisher=Pod Damn America |via=SoundCloud |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228134444/https://soundcloud.com/poddamnamerica/tonight-we-riot-w-ted-stephen-from-pixel-pusher-union |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/77935295/kaikohe-gamer-cracking-the-us |title=Kaikohe gamer cracking the US |first=Bayley |last=Moor |date=March 16, 2016 |website=Stuff |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204210017/https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/77935295/kaikohe-gamer-cracking-the-us |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/new-blood-is-no-longer-working-on-maximum-action |title=New Blood Is No Longer Working On Maximum Action |first=Joseph |last=Allen |date=October 14, 2020 |website=TechRaptor |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228134445/https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/new-blood-is-no-longer-working-on-maximum-action |url-status=live }}

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External links

{{Official website|https://newblood.games/}}

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