The Co-op RPG Gap: Hawthorn Targets an Underserved Audience

Built by former developers from Naughty Dog and Bethesda, Hawthorn is an upcoming co-op RPG that challenges a long-standing issue in the genre: shared play often comes with forced alignment in how players experience it.

Set in a Victorian-inspired fairy-tale world of anthropomorphic woodland animals, Hawthorn blends action, exploration, combat, and cozy home-building into a single shared space where players are not locked into the same role or pace. Developed by NEARstudios, the game is built on a simple premise: co-op games should work for people with different playstyles, allowing players to exist in the same world while pursuing entirely different paths rather than being tied to shared objectives and synchronized progression.

That vision is being supported by Dell and NVIDIA, whose hardware is helping the team iterate faster and build a more ambitious world with fewer technical constraints.

Explore how Hawthorn is rethinking co-op RPG design and the technology helping bring it to life.

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The Co-op RPG Gap: Hawthorn Targets an Underserved Audience