Ulf Andersson, who labored on Payday and Payday 2, is returning to the co-op heist style together with his studio 10 Chambers. Throughout an interview with NME, the developer revealed that his upcoming sport shall be a cyberpunk type, team-based motion sport.
“I am again on the heist s**t, mainly,” he mentioned. “So, it is a heist cooperative FPS, and it has a kind of a techno-thriller theme. I learn quite a lot of sci-fi books, and so think about the whole lot that cyberpunk is impressed by, and a ton of different s**t.”
The Payday video games have been outlined by heavy motion – gunning your approach out of a financial institution and making off with as a lot money as you could possibly cram right into a sports activities bag.
Nonetheless, Andersson’s upcoming sport isn’t that. “This one will not be fixed taking pictures,” he defined. “Payday had an enormous drawback the place the motion would ramp up after which it might simply keep ramped up.”
Andersson struck out on his personal as CEO and founding father of 10 Chambers after engaged on the 2 authentic Payday video games, and the brand new studio is clearly taking a distinct method to their upcoming heist sport… however the way it all works out stays to be seen. Both approach, it appears as if it gained’t be as tough as its earlier sport, GTFO.
“You may sneak for an hour, a minimum of, after which simply f*****g die, proper?” he mentioned about GTFO. However his subsequent sport shall be a bit extra forgiving. “So, it is not gonna have that hardcore factor to it. It’s extra mechanically easy, or you could possibly say, simpler to play.”
IGN’s evaluation of GTFO mentioned: “Whereas the signs of its early entry state could also be keenly felt the place breadth of content material is worried there is no such thing as a scarcity of depth in GTFO. It’s intelligent, creepy, and already surprisingly polished, and I can’t wait to see the place it goes from right here.”
As for the upcoming sport, it doesn’t have a reputation but… or a launch date. “We’ve not put a date on it,” mentioned Andersson. “We do not need to miss a deadline or overpromise. We’re in pre-production for the time being, however issues are ramping up fairly quick.”
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