Furthermore, there’s also proof that the game is in a playable state, since Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra recently tweeted that he has played “many hours” of this project.
Project lead Craig Amai was previously working with Blizzard on the World of Warcraft team, which he left in July 2017 (according to his LinkedIn profile) to pursue this project that started life as a “humble pitch”. Given the scarcity of details on the project, it seemed that it was pretty early on in development, although a recent PC Gamer report seems to indicate that it might have been a pretty long time since the game started development. In other words, something Blizzard-y.Blizzard Entertainment recently announced that it’s making a new AAA survival game for PC and consoles. Which from what we can tell points to something with its own unique visual style and presentation. Perhaps the most interesting bit of info comes from the listing for a Senior 3D environment Artist where the job description notes the combination of "traditional art aesthetics with next gen 3D authoring techniques to create a unique visual texturing style for environments that extend the boundaries of what’s creatively possible". Though the latter is probably off the table considering the existence of Overwatch 2. Obviously the listings are vague enough that it's hard to say whether or not this will be a new IP or something based within one of the studio's many franchises - these of course being Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. On that note multiple roles are currently being filled ranging from art to design to engineering.īased on the job listings we can glean that its a new FPS title based on the Mid-Level or Associate Combat Designer role noting that it's looking for "FPS design experience", while another is looking for experience "building immersive, explorable environments for modern AAA titles".
An unannounced PC and console AAA FPS described by Senior Artist Dan John Cox as "hands down the best project and team I've ever worked with". Blizzard working on multiple projects at any given time isn't exactly new, but on top of all of the Diablo and Overwatch goodness coming in the future it looks like there's another project about to go into full production.
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