Bradley the Badger will be published by Focus Entertainment, giving Day 4 Night’s strange and ambitious debut game a major publishing partner after its reveal at The Game Awards 2025. The game comes from a team with experience on titles such as Mario Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption, and it is being positioned as a surreal action adventure that mixes 3D platforming with unexpected genre shifts.
The announcement confirms that Focus Entertainment will help bring Bradley the Badger to a wider audience, though the game still does not have a confirmed release date. The project first stood out because it looked much stranger than a typical platformer. Instead of simply asking players to run, jump, and collect items through colorful stages, Bradley the Badger appears to play with the idea of game worlds, unfinished assets, debugging, and fourth wall breaking design.
That gives the game a strong hook at a time when many new platformers struggle to stand apart.
Day 4 Night is building Bradley the Badger around shifting worlds and broken game logic
Bradley the Badger may look like a 3D platformer at first, but the game is described as a genre bending adventure. Players will move through multiple universes and different game styles, with environments that sometimes look unfinished or unstable.
The main idea seems to be that Bradley can interact with the game world in ways that feel like development tools. Players may be able to debug broken elements, manipulate pieces of the environment, or use unfinished looking assets to progress.
| Detail | Bradley the Badger |
|---|---|
| Developer | Day 4 Night |
| Publisher | Focus Entertainment |
| Genre | Surreal action adventure and 3D platformer |
| Creative lead | Davide Soliani |
| Team background | Mario Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption veterans |
| Core idea | Platforming through strange game worlds |
| Main hook | Debugging and manipulating unfinished environments |
| Release date | Not announced |
This kind of design could give Bradley the Badger a more unpredictable structure than a traditional platformer.
Focus Entertainment gives the project stronger publishing support
Focus Entertainment has become known for publishing games that often sit between indie ambition and larger production values. That makes it a good fit for Bradley the Badger, which seems too unusual to be treated like a standard mascot platformer.
A publisher can help with marketing, distribution, platform strategy, and production support. For a new studio like Day 4 Night, that kind of backing can be important, especially when launching an original IP.
The game already had attention from its Game Awards reveal, but a strong publisher can help keep that momentum alive over the long development cycle.
Davide Soliani’s next project carries extra interest
One reason Bradley the Badger drew attention is the involvement of Davide Soliani, best known as the creative director behind Mario Rabbids. That series showed how a strange idea could work if executed with confidence, turning a crossover that sounded risky into a respected tactical adventure.
Soliani left Ubisoft in 2024 and helped establish Day 4 Night Studios. Bradley the Badger is the studio’s first major project, and it already looks like a game built around surprise rather than safe genre rules.
That does not guarantee success, but it gives the project a clear creative identity.
The game’s surreal tone could be its biggest advantage
Bradley the Badger’s early footage shows dark tunnels, strange imagery, and environments that feel less predictable than a normal platforming world. The game appears interested in unsettling players as much as entertaining them.
That could help it appeal to players who want something stranger than a classic 3D mascot adventure. The platforming genre has seen many nostalgic revivals, but Bradley the Badger seems more interested in twisting the format than recreating it.
The challenge will be keeping that experimentation readable. If the game bends too many rules without clear direction, it could become confusing. But if Day 4 Night balances surreal ideas with strong platforming and puzzle design, Bradley the Badger could become one of the more distinctive adventure games in development.
Bradley the Badger now has a clearer path forward
With Focus Entertainment now attached, Bradley the Badger has a stronger route toward release. The game still needs more gameplay details, platform confirmation, and a launch window, but the publishing deal suggests the project is moving forward.
For now, its appeal is clear. It comes from experienced developers, has a strange world, and is trying to use platforming in a more experimental way.
Bradley the Badger does not look like a simple throwback. It looks like a game about breaking, fixing, and reshaping the worlds it sends players through. That makes Focus Entertainment’s involvement worth watching, especially as Day 4 Night prepares to show more of what its first game can really do.
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