Don’t expect to hear about the Outer Wilds team’s next game for ‘years’

Outer Wilds developer Mobius Digital is working on a new game, but it might be a very long time before we hear anything about it, the studio’s head of production tells The Verge.

“It’s going to be quite awhile before we have any news or hints about our next game,” says Jackie Kreitzberg. “Likely on the order of years.” The studio also doesn’t plan to share “public development logs” in order to “preserve the mystery of the next game.”

In 2021, Mobius released the Echoes of the Eye expansion for Outer Wilds, which Kreitzberg says is the game’s last. “We’re excited to make something new.”

I reached out to Mobius after seeing Outer Wilds patch notes spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun that said the team is “hard at work on our next game.” But while that was the first I had heard of a new game, Kreitzberg notes that the studio confirmed it was in the works after last year’s resignations at Annapurna Interactive. 

Even if Mobius doesn’t want to talk about the new game, it appreciates the recent attention. “We’re thrilled that folks are excited to see what we make next and hope we don’t leave everyone hanging forever,” Kreitzberg says.