Horizon Zero Dawnis already a contender for the best game of 2017, and now Microsoft is looking at their own open-world-crawling, ꧋robot-dinosaur-fighting, and ꦜstrong-female-leading ripoff.
, the job is for a “Lead Environment Artist for a Microsoft AꦬAA Nextgen Title.” The kicker comes right after: “Style similar toHorizon Zero Dawn”. It was posted about 2 months ago under the profile of Sandor Roberts, a recruiter for G3D. They recruit for a lot of AAA studios, like S♓ony and Warner Bros.
With a posting 2 months old, work must already be well un🍨derway fo🗹r this upcoming title, and if it’s to have an environment similar toHorizonthen we can expect some lush vegetation𝓡 in whatever might be on offer. Could this mean we’ll also be in for some more ro💜bot-dinosaur combat? We can only hope.
Horizon Zero Dawnis turning out to be quite the success story for Sony and its developer🏅, Guerrilla Games. As of Ju𒁃neHorizonhas already sold 3.4 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games for 2017 and Guerilla Games’ best-selling title ever. It has already won 2016’s Game Critics Award, an awards ceremony held following E3, and expect to see Horizon take home many more accolades as 2017 goes on.
It see﷽ms only natural then that a competing game company would want to tap into demand for another visually stunning third-person action adventure game, especially considering the main complaint againstHorizonwas merely how short the game wa꧂s. That said, Xbox players will be in for a bit of a wait on this upcoming IP. Anhas 💃confirm𒀰ed Microsoft has several games that are 2-3 years from release.
♚This year’s E3 has seen ton🧸s of story-driven AAA titles from all the biggest publishers. Sony has revealedDays GoneandDetroit: Become Humanwith two drama-filled tra♛ilers, while EA has shownA Way Outand several franchise entries th൲at seem to have plots straight out of aHollywood movie. With the exception ofMetro: Exodus, Microsoft seemed a little light on the games thi♓s year. It looks like this job posting will be the start of them trying to ওturn that around.
