DriveClub Director Will Announce New Game This Year

Though Evolution Studios is no more, former DriveClub and Onrush director Paul Rustchynsky has been busy. As part of Avalanche Studios Group, he opened a new studio in Liverpool last year and is planning to announce their next game in 2022. Interestingly, Rustchynsky added that the studio was working on “another new IP” that was yet to be announced with “more projects being worked on at Avalanche than most people would expect!”

DriveClub, MotorStorm and Onrush fans should temper their expectations though – Rustchynsky confirmed in a recent tweet that he’s not working on a racing game. “So sorry, no DriveClub sequel, MotorStorm successor or Onrush offshoot.” Furthermore, the new project is something “very different to anything I’ve worked on before.” Your guess is as good as ours as to what it could be.

Avalanche Studios Group is also busy working on Contraband, an open world co-op title published by Xbox Game Studios exclusively for Xbox Series X/S and PC. It currently has more than 150 people working on it, though a release window has yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned for more details on that and Rustchynsky’s new project in the coming months (perhaps even at E3 2022).

In 2021 we (Avalanche Studios Group) opened a new studio in Liverpool, an exciting moment for me having achieved one of my career goals 👊

In 2022 we'll get to announce the game we've been working on for the past year 😀 pic.twitter.com/fh5gLNayJm

— Paul Rustchynsky (@Rushy33) January 1, 2022

We're working on another new IP that's yet to be announced. There are more projects being worked on at Avalanche than most people would expect!

— Paul Rustchynsky (@Rushy33) January 1, 2022

To set some expectations, I'm not working on a racing game.

So sorry, no DRIVECLUB sequel, MotorStorm successor or ONRUSH offshoot.

This is something very different to anything I've worked on before. https://t.co/uHvZ6DHkI3

— Paul Rustchynsky (@Rushy33) January 2, 2022