In what amounts to an “…if I tell you, I’ll have to kill you” kind of scenario, Guerrilla Games president just teased their upcoming title (but wouldn’t give any of the coveted details).
Producer Poria Torkan was recently pressed on exactly how the new game will differ from their bread and butter franchise Killzone (something lead designer Eric Boltjes hinted at last year). He starts by calling it an “exciting time,” but then immediately clams up. He states “…I even say one word people will kill me.”
Before the interview’s end however, Torkan does pull back the curtain just a bit for us (pointing to advancements in hardware as their best new development tool). “Compare the first games that came out on the PS3 to The Last of Us or GTA5 . It’s amazing. That’s the thing. We had two-and-a-half years to figure out what we wanted to do with our engine and one-and-a-half years to figure out what we wanted to do with the hardware. Imagine when comparably technically advanced studios get four or five years under their belts with the hardware.”
Torkan also touches on the roll-out of the latest Killzone release Shadow Fall , and touts the companies support for the multiplayer aspect since its drop (with a myriad of patches, tweaks and support). “If we look at where Killzone Shadow Fall multiplayer is now compared to what it was when we launched, the amount of patches we’ve done, the amount of features we’ve added…we try to leverage community feedback as well as telemetry we get, like, ‘Hey, wait, this secondary attachment is getting way too many kills compared to all the other weapons.’ Games are becoming more of a service. So in that sense I’m happy with how it went down.” He says.
Only time will tell if Guerrilla’s new IP will enjoy the same level of success as their popular Killzone license. We’ll bring you more details regarding what this new project looks like as they are made available (but no announcements are expected for this year’s E3).