NeoBards Entertainment

• 1. Introduction

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  NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. was founded on the 15th of February 2017, and within a few years its name was attached to some of the best-known horror and action franchises in games. The company is based in Hong Kong, with additional studios in Taipei and Suzhou. Its founders were not newcomers. They arrived with experience at, or alongside, Infogrames, Activision, Sony and Square Enix. That mix of backgrounds raises a few questions. What does a young studio build when its first partner is one of Japan's largest publishers? How does a team move from reviving older games to shaping new ones? And how did it end up behind a fresh entry in a famously unsettling series?

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• 2. Capcom Ports and Remasters

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  The Devil May Cry HD Collection arrived in a next-generation version in 2018, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. It was NeoBards' first entry in the list of games it has worked on, and Capcom was the publisher. In 2019 the studio brought Onimusha: Warlords to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows. That same year, the Resident Evil Origins Collection reached the Nintendo Switch. Three years later, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard received next-generation versions for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows. The Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection followed in 2023, remastered for PlayStation 4, Switch and Windows. In 2024, the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster appeared on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows. Alongside this steady run of revivals, Capcom also gave the studio something larger to build.

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• 3. Taking the Lead

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  Resident Evil: Resistance, released in 2020, was a different kind of job from a port. NeoBards led its development and took charge of the full gameplay design. The game came out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows. Two years later, the studio again handled full development for Resident Evil Re:Verse, which shipped on the same three platforms in 2022. These two projects show the studio moving from adapting finished games to designing how a game plays. The same shift would soon appear in its work for publishers other than Capcom.

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• 4. Other Publishers

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  Marvel's Avengers, published by Square Enix in 2020, was a co-development effort. It reached PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Windows. In 2020 the studio also ported No Straight Roads to the Nintendo Switch, with Sold Out as publisher. Nexon was a partner too. NeoBards handled the full development of Dynasty Warriors M, a 2023 release for Android and iOS. Square Enix came back in 2024, when NeoBards co-developed Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for PlayStation 5. Konami is also on the list of publishers the studio has worked with, and that relationship produced the studio's most prominent announcement.

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• 5. Silent Hill f

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  In 2025, NeoBards was revealed as the developer of Silent Hill f, a new installment in the Silent Hill franchise. Konami is the publisher, and the game is listed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows. The studio's role is full development. A behind-the-scenes video highlighted how the team worked with three creative figures. Motoi Okamoto is the series producer, Ryukishi07 is the writer, and kera is the character designer. The video presents the game as a collaboration between those three and a studio that, in 2017, had only just opened its doors in Hong Kong.

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