The co-founder (and former president) of Arkane Studios, Raphael Colantonio, has revealed that his new studio, WolfEye, will be showing off its first-person immersive sim in short order. Its presumptive inspirations? None other thanDishonoredandPrey(the 2017 title, specifically), which suggests something big is happening.
Having worked onArx Fatalis,Dark Messiah of Might and Magic,Dishonored, andPrey, Colantonio has a huge amount of pedigree when it comes to true-to-form ImSim titles. Heck,Dishonoredstands out as a prime example of the niche, even today. Now, there are multiple reasons why this announcement from Colantonio is important; not the least of which is thathis last game,Weird West, was a top-down immersive sim, which not everyone was a fan of.
We’ll reveal a bit more about our next game in a few days… Fans of the previous 1st person games I was involved with (Dishonored and Prey) will be happy.
Raphael Colantonio promises to reveal his next first-person ImSim very soon
As good asWeird Westmight’ve been, it’s a simple statement of fact that it didn’t necessarily attract the same audiences as Colantonio’s prior projects, such asDishonored. That’s why it’s not too surprising to hear him pointing out that fans of his prior first-person work should perk up in the coming days. More specifically, while Colantonio’s first tweet suggests that a broad reveal might be happening soon, he explained later on that WolfEye Studios is currently in the stage of showing the project to publishers.
we’re showing to the industry partners (publishers, etc…), but not to the press or the public yet… can’t wait though
It’s still likely to be early days for WolfEye’s mystery project, then, but this should be exciting news for ImSim fans regardless. Colantonio has basically had his finger on the pulse of the niche from the very beginning, and the fact that evenWeird Weststicks closely to this pedigree should be a good sign of what’s to come.
Of course, it’s not just Colantonio and WolfEye Studios that are carrying the ImSim torch forward nowadays. Arkane Studios – the Lyon chapter – isstill up and running, but indie productions likeHyperviolent,Streets of Rogue2,Gloomwood, and many others are doing something similar as well. Each of these games interprets the immersive sim feature set in its own right, of course, but there’s more to choose from in this space than ever before… as long as you can stomach Early Access projects, at the very least.
