Mandate of bullet heaven. Image credit: Poncle/Konami Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is expanding in a major way, opening two new offices in Japan and Italy. On top of that, it's working on 15 projects, some of them original works while others are IP collaborations. Speaking to The Game Business , Poncle chief strategy officer Matteo Sapio revealed during last week's London Games Festival that Vampire Survivors had passed 27 million players. Taking this momentum, the studio is expanding its scope drastically. Here's a trailer for Vampire Survivors! Watch on YouTube For one, Sapio confirmed that of the 15 new projects in the works (plus others in very early stages of development), two of them are two "entirely new properties". In addition, new Survivors-style projects are being created in other universes. Some of these are being handled entirely by Poncle, while others are being made in collaboration with other studios. In addition, the company has paused its third-party publishing plans.…