Yellow Brick Games

Yellow Brick Games is an independent Canadian video game developer and publisher founded in 2020. Built by experienced game-industry leaders, the studio develops original action-adventure games with an emphasis on systems-driven play, interactive worlds, and technically ambitious real-time experiences.

Its debut property, Eternal Strands, is a fantasy action-adventure game released on January 28, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, including Xbox Game Pass. Developed and published by Yellow Brick Games, the title centers on physics-driven combat and exploration, allowing players to use temperature, telekinesis, and environmental destruction against enormous climbable creatures known as Arks.

Development focus

The studio’s work combines full-cycle game development with self-publishing and ongoing live-game support. Its supported capabilities include:

• Third-person action-adventure game development
• Gameplay systems engineering and technical animation architecture
• Real-time world building, modular environments, and destruction pipelines
• 3D environment, prop, character, and visual-effects design
• Unreal Engine 5 gameplay and runtime systems

Yellow Brick Games initially announced a publishing partnership with Private Division in 2022 for its first game. In March 2024, the studio parted ways with the publisher and reacquired the publishing rights, transitioning to independent self-publishing.

Following the launch of Eternal Strands, the team delivered collaborative content updates including Stargazer, developed with Square Enix Creative Studio III artist Yusuke Mogi, and the PARASITE cosmetic update created in partnership with Goichi Suda of Grasshopper Manufacture. The studio continues to support Eternal Strands while developing an unannounced third-person action project based on a new intellectual property.