A crew of 20+ yr trade veterans who’ve labored on franchises like Helldivers and Battlefield have based a brand new studio referred to as Blue Scarab Leisure to work on a real crime MMORPG. The sport can be an authentic IP that mixes exploration and horseback using components.
Blue Scarab Leisure has the backing of NetEase Video games
The brand new studio has the help of NetEase Video games who’s offering supporting experience and sources for the brand new recreation. The MMORPG is being inbuilt Unreal Engine 5 and Blue Scarab Leisure describes it as “cozy exploration meets true-crime in our story-driven MMORPG that places gamers within the saddle as they uncover a stupendous open world on horseback and uncover a darkish thriller collectively.”
Blue Scarab Leisure’s Studio Director Craig Morrison explains the bizarre mixture is as a result of the studio “consider[s] there may be house for fusing and evolving earlier gaming and media experiences into one thing new and recent for this expanded neighborhood.” The intention is to “carry all of the experience that our crew has amassed to forge new experiences for a wider viewers than ever earlier than.”
Morrison has beforehand labored on franchises that embrace World of Warcraft, Battlefield, Age of Conan, and Anarchy On-line. The studio’s CEO Colin Cragg and CTO Enno Rehling have additionally labored on Age of Conan and Anarchy On-line, whereas the previous brings his horse using experience from Star Secure On-line. Helldivers 2 veterans Guillaume Lhoyer and Ashley Nicollette are additionally a part of the crew that at the moment has greater than 20 builders.
Few different particulars are recognized in regards to the true crime MMORPG for the time being. The sport is at the moment with out an official identify, a launch date window, and even platforms. Nevertheless, the studio was based three years in the past so whereas the sport was solely introduced immediately, it looks like it has been in improvement for a short while already.