1001 Threads of Mizan — Everything Confirmed So Far
A big-budget Arabian fantasy co-op action-adventure just made its debut at gamescom Opening Night Live. 1001 Threads of Mizan is the first game from newly formed MBC Game Studio, drawing on the folklore of One Thousand and One Nights. Here's everything confirmed, plus the official reveal trailer.
📋 Quick Facts
Developer & Publisher: MBC Game Studio (debut title) | Revealed at: gamescom Opening Night Live 2026
Genre: Co-op action-adventure, Arabian fantasy | Players: 1–3, drop-in/drop-out co-op
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Steam & Epic Games Store)
Release date: No exact date yet — currently targeting 2027
🧩 Story & Setting
Set in the world of Mizan, an ancient and power-hungry jinn is trying to tear down the barrier between the physical and spiritual worlds, unleashing lesser jinn to help him do it. United by the famed Storyweaver, Shahrazad, three unlikely heroes — Yusra, Malik, and Sufyan — set out to restore the lost power of the Mizan and stop the ancient jinn king before his vengeance destroys humanity.
The game draws directly on One Thousand and One Nights folklore, with hints of familiar tales like Aladdin and Sinbad woven throughout its original story.
⚙️ Gameplay: Flying Carpets & Colossal Jinn
The flying carpet sits at the center of both exploration and combat, letting up to three players take to the skies together for fast aerial traversal before diving into grounded and airborne fights against colossal jinn creatures. Each of the three heroes has a distinct move set and skill tree — Yusra, for example, is a semi-ranged fighter who uses a magic longbow.
The game can be played solo, but it's clearly designed around three-player co-op, with large-scale boss fights that echo Shadow of the Colossus and Destiny-style raid encounters layered onto a Borderlands-esque hero structure.
🏢 About MBC Game Studio
MBC Game Studio is a newly formed studio led by CEO Daniel Engelhardt and COO Trevor Williams, with a global team drawn from BioWare, Hi-Rez Studios, Ubisoft Montréal, and Bungie. 1001 Threads of Mizan is the studio's debut title. A playable pre-alpha demo — ending with a boss fight against a creature called Nazjush — was made available to attendees on the gamescom 2026 show floor.
🎬 Official Reveal Trailer — gamescom 2026
The reveal trailer introduces the three heroes and Shahrazad's role in uniting them, while highlighting fast flying-carpet traversal, grounded and aerial combat, and the scale of the jinn boss encounters players will face together.