Followers of the Dishonored sequence and Prey had been crestfallen in Might when information broke that Arkane Austin, together with Hello-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Mighty Doom developer Alpha Canine Studios, had been shuttered by Microsoft. Concern not, although, as Wolfeye Studios is greater than keen to choose up the torch with its upcoming first-person motion RPG.
Co-founded in 2019 by Raphael Colantonio, founding father of Arkane Studios and co-creator of Dishonored and Prey, Wolfeye Studios introduced Thursday that the follow-up to its 2022 isometric RPG Bizarre West — a first-person motion RPG set in a retro sci-fi universe — is now in early manufacturing.
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“We are so happy to be able to officially confirm that our next game is actively in production and that it is a First Person Action RPG,” Colantonio mentioned in a information launch. “Fans of the past games I have been involved with such as Dishonored and Prey will feel at home, as well as fans of RPGs in general.”
The primary visuals of the as-of-yet untitled recreation, launched alongside the announcement of its upcoming restricted non-public alpha check subsequent yr, definitely really feel indebted to the look and ambiance of the Dishonored and Prey universes. It’s onerous to inform how these pictures will replicate the ultimate look and gameplay of Wolfeye Studios’ upcoming recreation, which makes it all of the extra enjoyable to scrutinize them and provide you with our personal theories as to how the sport would possibly prove.
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The photographs depict staff tinkering on what seems to be some unusual steampunk gadget adorned in elaborate filigree patterns and an ominous masked face, in addition to a sequence of sheet metallic platforms constructed over the mouth of a darkish, fog-laden canyon. We additionally get a glimpse of a skeletal drone robotic that bears a slight resemblance to Dishonored 2’s Clockwork Troopers, albeit with two shoulder-mounted gatling weapons as an alternative of two arm-mounted swords.
Colantonio says that the studio is presently searching for a publishing associate for the sport and that gamers desirous to playtest the upcoming restricted alpha check scheduled for subsequent yr can join updates through the studio’s official site. The video games business has taken blow after blow this yr, with a string of mass layoffs and studio closures, however on the very least it’s reassuring to know that Arkane Austin’s legacy — in addition to the rules of the immersive sim style — will proceed to stay on by means of Wolfeye Studios’ work.
