--- title: Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team description: Tymon Smektala, who spent over 13 years at Techland and most recently served as its franchise director, is leaving to become executive director of Broken... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-dying-light-franchise-lead-joins-bloober-team-1ixn3dech twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team | daily.dev og:description: Tymon Smektala, who spent over 13 years at Techland and most recently served as its franchise director, is leaving to become executive director of Broken... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-dying-light-franchise-lead-joins-bloober-team-1ixn3dech og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1IXn3DeCh.png og:image:alt: Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tymon Smektala, who spent over 13 years at Techland and most recently served as its franchise director, is leaving to become executive director of Broken Mirror Games, Bloober Team's horror-focused co-development imprint. He will oversee the already in-production titles Saw: Genesis and Onyx: The Dark Grip while scouting new creative partnerships in horror. Broken Mirror, launched in 2024, previously shipped Star Trek: Infection and I Hate This Place; parent studio Bloober Team is known for Blair Witch, Layers of Fear, and the Silent Hill 2 remake. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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