Worlds Untold once again fits this profile. The latest member of the family, this studio based in Vancouver but fully open to teleworking is led by Mac Walters, head scriptwriter who worked for 20 years at BioWare until his departure last January. From Jade Empire to the future Dragon Age: The Implacable Wolf through all of Mass Effect, Mac Walters now leads his own team with the blessing of NetEase Games, whose level of investment in its internal studio policy is at this stage too fascinating and disturbing.
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Also in its ranks are audio director Sotaro Tojima (Metal Gear Solid, Halo), producer Elizabeth Lehtonen (Dragon Age, Anthem), art director Ramil Sunga (Dragon Age, Mass Effect) and technical director Ben Goldstein (Assassin’s Creed). , For Honor), the Worlds Untold studio plans to develop a new license with “ a depth and possibilities that cannot be contained in a single game, or even in a single media ”, according to the press release. His first project is an action and adventure game taking place in the near future. Cinematographic aspirations are strong since we are talking about “ interactive narratives that blur the line between games and films “, but it will undoubtedly take quite a few more years before we experience it. In the meantime, we can follow the adventures of Worlds Untold on Twitter.
As a reminder, NetEase Games has already founded or acquired several studios in Japan (Grasshopper Manufacture, Sakura Studio, Nagoshi Studio, GPTRACK50, PinCool) in America (NetEase Games Montréal, Jackalyptic Games, Jar of Sparks, Anchor Point, Bad Brain Game Studios, SkyBox Labs, T-Minus Zero Entertainment, Fantastic Pixel Castle) and in Europe (Spliced, Quantic Dream).
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