Hollywood Mavericks Craft a Massive Game with a Twelve‑Person Crew—No Generative AI Involved
The trailer for Join Us first appeared during the Xbox Showcase in June, giving viewers a glimpse of a darkly humorous cooperative cult simulator. In the clip, robed cultists ride on pigs, wield machine guns, and the sequence culminates with a monstrous, Cthulhu‑like mass of tentacles. What didn’t make the final cut was the infamous snake gun, a quirky weapon that Joe Dietsch, the chief executive…
Aug. 17, 2026, 5:43 p.m.