Bandai Namco is reportedly working on Little Nightmares 3, according to a job listing posted by the company. While the game isn’t mentioned by name, the job listing makes it clear that it is moving forward with the franchise, presumably without Tarsier Studios.
You will join the Production department within the team dedicated to our headline IP: Little Nightmares. You will provide support in relation to the day-to-day production activities related to assigned projects (coordination, milestone reviews support, documentation, etc.)
The job description the lists a number of responsibilities including:
Help ensuring that milestone deliverables are met
Provide feedback on the current advancement of the project
Support Publisher production related activities
Provides a qualitative support to the Little Nightmares Production team by reviewing the game on multiple platforms, make comparative playthroughs, liaise with QA, etc
Little Nightmares 3 was one of many games that appeared last summer in a supposed Bandai Namco leak, which also included Tekken 8 and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
As for original developer Tarsier Studios, back in February 2021 Embracer Group revealed that the company was moving forward with a brand new IP, which was teased via some new art work in March this year.
[Source – LinkedIn via TheGameSpoof]