GameSpot

Split Fiction Director Defends EA, Saying "Everybody’s Done Something That’s Not Good"

Speaking to The Game Business, the Split Fiction director said that there are "a lot of great people at EA" who "respect" ...

After Expedition 33's success, Split Fiction's Josef Fares warns publishers not to "only do" double-A

Expedition 33 was 2025's GOTY, but Split Fiction and It Takes Two's Josef Fares warns triple-A devs not to obsess over it.
GameSpot

Split Fiction Boss Hopes AA Games Don't Take Over The Industry Completely

The budgets for Hazelight's games have grown over the years. Split Fiction had almost double the budget of It Takes Two, for example. Still, Hazelight's games are understood to fall within the AA ...
Push Square

'You Can't Do GTA for $10 Million': Split Fiction's Josef Fares Champions Diversity in Games and Budgets

It leads to periods of time dominated by very similar titles; just look at the rise of Souls-likes, or how many free-to-play ...
VGChartz

It Takes Two Sales Top 27 Million Units, A Way Out Tops 12 Million Units - Sales

Hazelight Studios Director Josef Fares in an interview with The Game Business has provided sales updates on two of [...] ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Josef Fares vows to never take Hazelight public

Josef Fares, the CEO and founder of developer Hazelight, has said that he will never take his company public. Speaking to The ...

"I Don't See AI Taking Over" - Split Fiction Director Josef Fares On The Rise Of AI

AI is absolutely bloomin' everywhere these days; doubly so if you kept an eye on CES 2026 earlier this month. There's no getting away from it, and folks are particularly keen to see what game ...
Video Games Chronicle

‘EA is getting more shit than they deserve’: Split Fiction director Josef Fares defends Hazelight’s publishing partner

Hazelight Studios founder Josef Fares has defended Electronic Arts, saying he believes the publisher has been vilified more than others. EA has published all three of Hazelight ‘s games to date – A ...