Veteran builders from The Witcher 3’s group have introduced their new studio, Darkish Passenger, and their first sport – which feels like Future however with ninjas.
Whereas a title isn’t set, it’s in growth for Home windows PC (Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer), Xbox Collection X|S, and PS5. Particulars are scant however the sport is described as a first-person, on-line multiplayer stealth/motion sport set in feudal Japan, and its being made in Unreal Engine 5.
“Our purpose is to create extremely thrilling on-line experiences which might be centered each on cooperation and rivalry. We’re fascinated by interpersonal interactions, alliances, daring confrontations and surprising twists of occasions,” the sport’s web site reads. “With the intention to make each sport distinctive and shocking, we’re utilizing superior, procedural options.”
The sport may have a locomotion system that permits gamers to “carry out unbelievable evolutions resembling working on arrows that have been fired by different gamers, quick climbing on vertical surfaces with the usage of shuko claws or utilizing yari spear like a pole to leap over obstacles.”
The studio’s cofounders are former Witcher 3 employees Jakub Ben and Marcin Michalski, each of which having labored on the bottom sport and its expansions. Whereas Ben was the artwork group coordinator and cinematic artist, Michalski was an environmental artist and later was a senior artist on Gwent and its Thronebreaker launch.
Former CD Projekt RED builders splitting off to type a brand new group and/or sport is changing into one thing frequent these days. Key employees on each The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 lately launched a brand new studio, Insurgent Wolves, alongside their daring new RPG sport.
Superior system of customization will enable gamers to create distinctive characters and modify their weapons and gear to their liking. They’ll additionally be capable to create their very own Dojo – a private house the place they’ll invite associates for coaching fight and motion.”