Mario + Rabbids Creator Davide Soliani Announces New Platforming Game Bradley the Badger | The Game Awards 2025
Bradley the Badger blends classic platforming with meta storytelling and developer tools in a Windows PC release by Day 4 Night Studios, featuring actor Evan Peters.
- On Thursday, Day 4 Night Studios unveiled Bradley the Badger at The Game Awards 2025 as an action-adventure title set to release on Windows PC via Steam, with consoles possibly to follow.
- Davide Soliani formed Day 4 Night after departing Ubisoft, launching the studio with co-founder Christian Cantamessa and former Ubisoft colleagues Cristina Nava, Gian Marco Zanna and Luca Breda.
- Gameplay centers on a Developer Kit that lets Bradley adjust scale, change gravity, and solve puzzles, while live-action sequences feature Evan Peters voicing Bradley who briefly crosses into the real world.
- Among reveals, Bradley's trailer stood out as its comedic, meta conceit echoed Wreck-It Ralph and positioned it as an unconventional mascot platformer at The Game Awards.
- Day 4 Night co-founder Davide Soliani said, `We wanted our mechanics to be the perfect bridge between the past and the future`, framing Bradley the Badger’s design goals.
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Mario + Rabbids Creator Davide Soliani Announces New Platforming Game Bradley the Badger | The Game Awards 2025
Davide Soliani, the lead creator behind Mario + Rabbids games, has revealed Bradley the Badger — his first new project since leaving Ubisoft and forming a new studio.
Bradley the Badger announced as "genre-bending," stars Evan Peters
What a combination. Bradley the Badger was announced yesterday at The Game Awards, and will star film and TV star Evan Peters. The game comes from Day 4 Night Studios, which calls its game “a genre-bending action-adventure game with a fourth-wall-breaking narrative.” The studio was founded in 2024 by by Christian Cantamessa, lead designer and co-writer of Read Dead Redemption, and Davide Soliani, the creative lead on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Batt…
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