Based on some new job listings dug up on ResetEra, it appears Daybreak – the oldsters previously generally known as Sony Online Entertainment – have some new video games within the works which might be set to be primarily based on main current franchises, and (presumably) one other venture that’s “all-new.”
Check out some extra concrete upcoming PC games.
They desire a fight designer with “action and MMO game development experience” to assist “design and document multiplayer, RPG, action-based game systems.” An best candidate will “have previous experience developing massively multiplayer roleplaying games.” On high of that, they’re in search of a senior sport designer with a “familiarity of core mechanics for FPS/TPS titles.” Presumably, this shooting-focused title can be distinct from the action-based MMO described within the different itemizing.
Other listings make repeated references to “a hugely popular IP,” “a popular old-class IP,” and “a popular world-class IP,” and at the very least one in all these initiatives can be introduced quickly. There’s additionally a list for an artwork director for an “all-new project,” which makes no reference to any current IP. Almost the entire growth and design listings make reference to the Unreal engine.
Based on all that, it appears there are three video games right here: an action-RPG MMO primarily based on an current property, a shooter primarily based on an current property, and one thing all-new that will not even have entered pre-production but. Nothing is official till the video games have really been introduced, after all.
But even an official announcement isn’t any assure of success. Daybreak’s most up-to-date venture was an EverQuest revival that was in the end cancelled, and a second attempt to revitalize the MMO that popularized the style may definitely be underway. Daybreak are additionally nonetheless working PlanetSide 2, and one other entry in that franchise might be the shooter talked about right here. We’ll at the very least discover out what one in all these items is quickly.
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