The participation of American science fiction writer George RR Martin in the development of a new game from From Software was partially confirmed by the writer himself. In the recording of his , dedicated to the end of the television series Game of Thrones, the author of A Song of Fire and Ice mentioned that he advised the creators of a certain Japanese video game. Resource revealed additional details about the band's new project, including its name and possible timing of the announcement.
“As a producer, I am working on five television series for HBO (some not related to the world of Westeros), two for Hulu and one for the History Channel,” the writer said. “I’m also involved in the creation of several other projects, some of which are based on my books and stories, some on others. I'm hoping to make some short films based on classic stories from one of the most brilliant, strange and unusual writers in the genre. I consulted for video game authors from Japan. There’s also [the art project] Meow Wolf.”
An anonymous source inside From Software told Gematsu that the project has been in development for about three years. Among its features are an open world and the ability to travel on horseback. The publisher will again be Bandai Namco Games, which will announce the game at the Microsoft press conference as part of E3 2019. The event will take place on June 9 (starts at 23:00 Moscow time).
In the studio itself the project is called GR. The source asked journalists not to disclose the full name of the game, but it online thanks to one of the 4Chan users. He claims it sounds like Great Rune (project Rune). The game is supposedly based on Norse mythology and is very different from the studio's past creations, but at the same time acts as the “true successor” to Souls. Anonymous also wrote that the project is being led by Yui Tanimura, one of the lead developers и , and Hidetaka Miyazaki, although the latter plays a less important role. Great Rune is a "dark RPG with a medieval fantasy setting" with three characters to choose from (hunter, warrior and mage) and multiplayer with the ability to invade other people's gaming sessions. At E3, he assured, only the cinematic trailer will be shown - without gameplay. However, due to the unreliability of the source, these details should be treated with a great deal of doubt.
The first rumors about Martin's participation in work on a new project by the creators of Sous and appeared in March. Their source was the YouTube channel Spawn Wave. The video stated that the writer is one of the lead writers of the game, and that the game itself has an open world with several kingdoms. The player will have to kill their rulers in order to gain certain abilities.
Another source reported this week that a new multiplatform game from From Software will be presented at E3 2019 - a forum user under the nickname Omnipotent. He also stated that Bloodborne 2 is not in development.
The studio's newest game, , was released on March 22, 2019 and remains one of the most highly rated games of the year (the Xbox One version has a score of 91 out of 100 on ). In ten days its worldwide sales 2 million copies.
Source: 3dnews.ru