In late 2019, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds creator Brendan Greene provided the primary glimpse of his subsequent sport, Prologue: Go Wayback. In contrast to PUBG, Prologue is not a shooter or a battle royale. As an alternative, it is a survival sport that pits gamers towards bitterly chilly components and a treacherous atmosphere. Based on Greene, Prologue’s excessive issue could trigger some gamers to initially hate it, however he additionally believes they are going to ultimately embrace it.
“I anticipate lots of people will hate it,” Greene informed PC Gamer. “However that is okay if it elicits a reaction–that’s all I would like. Individuals did not get [Battle Royale] at first, however then they did. And I believe it is the identical with this, the objective right here is creating these huge, large worlds for everybody. We have already got a demo on Steam, and folks perceive what it’s. So, if it causes a response, improbable. I am going to fortunately speak to them and go, ‘Nicely, yeah, it would not handhold as a result of that does not serve a goal.'”
The participant’s objective in Prologue is to stay lengthy sufficient to achieve a climate station that is randomly situated on an 8×8 km map. However so as to take action, gamers want to seek out the best gear and battle starvation and thirst as effectively. The sport’s Steam page signifies that there are “thousands and thousands” of attainable maps, so there’s no single path to creating it via alive. No matter whether or not the participant succeeds or fails, the map can be totally different the subsequent time they play. Prologue would not at the moment have a launch date, however early entry is predicted to start within the second quarter of this 12 months. Players who need to get participate in Prologue’s play checks can find more info here.
Practically a 12 months in the past, Greene and his colleagues at PlayerUnknown Productions revealed that Prologue is a part of a long-term plan for 3 video games, which additionally features a title known as Mission Artemis. In the meantime, PUBG writer Krafton and Nvidia have unveiled plans for AI-powered teammates in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds that may act like actual folks. Krafton can also be engaged on the first-ever PUBG spin-off, which known as PUBG: Blindspot.