Polish developer Bloober Team has started 2026 by teasing something new through a countdown website with a fairly cryptic URL. With the dust having barely settled on its latest release, survival horror title Cronos: The New Dawn, fans have begun speculating that fresh DLC or even a sequel might be on the way.
The website itself gives little in the way of clues for what we can expect. A countdown in red font dominates the foreground while white and red shapes move in the background, almost resembling a strange Rorschach test of sorts.
Bloober Team Teases New Project, Tradermarks Onyx: The Dark Grip
Its URL reads “remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com,” potentially offering a hint at what’s to come.
Although some fans of the studio have suggested a variety of potential ways to read the rearranged letters, there is no consensus on what Bloober Team’s teaser website might be for.
The countdown on it should reach zero on February 15, 2026, so at least we won’t have to wait all that long before getting some answers.
Alongside the website, Bloober Team also posted a teaser on X, formerly Twitter, reading “Dare to peek into the darkness.”
Dare to peek into the darkness...
— Bloober Team | Layers Of Fear OUT NOW on Switch 2 (@BlooberTeam) January 1, 2026
💀 https://t.co/t1HYo7IDml#BlooberTeam pic.twitter.com/WuAgE7s65E
Although Cronos: The New Dawn was well received and a DLC or follow-up announcement wouldn’t be all that surprising, a trademark filing for “Onyx: The Dark Grip” on the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s website also recently emerged, potentially hinting that the developer has a new project in the works.
The trademark application was sent in May 2024, so it isn’t exactly recent. Nevertheless, it is possible that, when the countdown on the teaser website does reach zero, we’ll get our first look at a new game from the Polish developer.
Bloober Team has been firing on all cylinders over the last couple of years, reliably releasing titles using both its own IP as well as the Silent Hill 2 Remake. By the looks of it, a break may not be part of the studio’s plans in the near future.
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