{"id":125066,"date":"2022-05-18T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125066"},"modified":"2022-05-18T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:27:13","slug":"studio-behind-dying-light-to-develop-new-fantasy-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/125066-studio-behind-dying-light-to-develop-new-fantasy-rpg","title":{"rendered":"Studio behind Dying Light to develop new fantasy RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dying Light<\/em> developer Techland has teased a new open-world fantasy role-playing game in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechlandGames\/status\/1526563187478380545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a><\/strong> posted yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet included a concept art image and announced the plan to develop a \u201cAAA Open World Action-RPG in a fantasy setting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ambition is to introduce a brand-new IP that is vastly different from what we have been doing for the past several years, and we want to create a fully next-gen experience,\u201d said Techland CEO Pawe\u0142 Marchewka in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we cannot share more details about this project now, we&#8217;re all truly invested in it and looking forward to showing it to gamers when the time is right,&#8221; He added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are you ready to begin a new, thrilling journey with Techland?<br \/>\nWe are hiring for the unannounced AAA Open World Action-RPG in a fantasy setting!<br \/>\nJoin us now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0yplHvELBW\">https:\/\/t.co\/0yplHvELBW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPZcv7p8iG\">pic.twitter.com\/MPZcv7p8iG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Techland (@TechlandGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechlandGames\/status\/1526563187478380545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/new-techland-rpg-story-helmed-by-writer-of-the-best-witcher-3-quest\/1100-6503528\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gamespot<\/a><\/strong>, Techland has appointed ex-Witcher narrative director Karolina Stachyra and narrative lead Arkadiusz Borowik to head up the project.<\/p>\n<p>Stachyra is credited for the Bloody Baron questline in <em>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt <\/em>and Borowik contributed to both <em>The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings<\/em> and <em>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other confirmed additions to the team include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mario Maltezos<\/strong> &#8211; Creative Director (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Mad Max)<\/li>\n<li><strong>David McClure<\/strong> &#8211; Lead Game Designer (Deathloop)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bartosz Ochman<\/strong> &#8211; Open World Director (Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Quaid<\/strong> &#8211; Lead Animator (Horizon Zero Dawn and The Frozen Wilds DLC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marcin Surosz<\/strong> &#8211; Lead UI\/UX Designer (People Can Fly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Techland\u2019s tweet seems to also serve as a recruitment drive as it contains a link for applications, and includes text in the concept art that reads, \u201clet\u2019s build an exciting brand-new world together\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a title=\"Permalink to First Overwatch 2 beta test ends\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125060-first-overwatch-2-beta-test-ends\" rel=\"bookmark\">First Overwatch 2 beta test ends<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers from the Witcher and other well-known titles team up with Dying Light studio for the making of a new fantasy RPG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":125067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10087,1966,419,6667],"class_list":["post-125066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dying-light","tag-games","tag-rpg","tag-techland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125069,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125066\/revisions\/125069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}