It didn’t take lengthy in any respect for Raphael Colantonio’s WolfEye Video games to point out off a bit extra about their upcoming immersive sim, as promised mere days in the past. Now, whereas we don’t have the title simply but, we do have a wealth of different data, and the alpha is coming.

In a current interview with Eurogamer, Colantonio talked concerning the sport at some size, revealing that it’s set in an alternate 1900s America, and it’s utilizing the Wild West backdrop to create one thing new and basically unrecognizable:

“I believe the massive distinction we’re making right here is, so far as style literature goes, that is extra like sci-fi literature than it’s Wild West or no matter,” Colantonio instructed Eurogamer. “I believe the Western is a style of literature that individuals affiliate with sure varieties of eventualities like revenge or duels within the streets. We don’t have any of that.”

The Wild West, then, is principally the core visible model the sport will construct its personal factor from. Colantonio describes it as a “steampunk outtake 1900s” type of factor. Early visible actually illustrate as a lot, just like the beneath.

You’ll be able to signal as much as take a look at Raphael Colantonio’s subsequent ImSim proper now

The developer additionally described it as “someplace nearer to Fallout” when it comes to its RPG parts, particularly if in comparison with Dishonored and Prey. It’s a promising take, in case you’re a fan of the oddly indirect immersive sim area of interest. Those that are notably eager on seeing it in motion would possibly want to enroll in the sport’s upcoming alpha testing section, which you are able to do through the official web site.

In response to WolfEye Studios’ government producer Julien Roby, that is principally what the staff did with Bizarre West, although they did so too far alongside the manufacturing pipeline: “We didn’t actually have time to behave on essentially the most main suggestions,” he defined to Eurogamer. This alpha ought to, due to this fact, have interaction the neighborhood early on and assist gamers talk with WolfEye whereas there’s nonetheless time to make significant, mechanical adjustments.

It’s notably essential that WolfEye Studios has an entire slew of tenured ImSim professionals working with Colantonio to make this thriller sport nearly as good because it presumably could possibly be: “It’s the identical formation of individuals [from Prey and Dishonored] who at the moment are with us, so we already know what we’re doing.”

The thriller sport’s artwork director, for instance, is Emmanuel Petit, who labored on Prey because the lead visible designer. Earlier than that, Petit was Dishonored‘s degree artist, which implies he’s received loads of pedigree by now. On the identical time, WolfEye nonetheless counts solely about 60 workers in complete, which implies this received’t be an AAA-scope challenge in any sense of the phrase.

In abstract, then, ImSim followers have one thing new and attention-grabbing to look ahead to, however it received’t be popping out anytime quickly. The essential bit is that it seemingly is coming, although, and with WolfEye on the helm, there’s a lot to be enthusiastic about.