Hollywood Visionaries Build a Massive Cult Simulator with a 12‑Person Team—No Generative AI Involved
The trailer for Join Us first appeared during the Xbox Showcase in June, offering a glimpse of a darkly humorous cooperative cult simulator. In the clip, robed followers charge on pig‑back while wielding machine guns, and the sequence culminates in a nightmarish vision of colossal, Cthulhu‑like tentacles. What didn’t make the edit was the infamous "snake gun," a weapon that Joe Dietsch, the CEO a…
Aug. 17, 2026, 5:43 p.m.