It was revealed last year that Wasteland 3 developer InXile Entertainment was working on an "ambitious" RPG, and now, thanks to a new hint, it looks like that game will take the form of a first-person shooter RPG.
This reveal came out of the blue following a tweet from the official Xbox account yesterday, to which InXile Entertainment replied "NEW + FPS + RPG." Here's a look at the original tweet and response:
In the past, InXile has explained that it will be using Unreal Engine 5 for its next-gen RPG, and appeared to be hiring on multiple occasions for the game last year. Since about September 2020, however, the team has remained largely silent.
Whatever it ends up being - and whatever year it eventually releases - you can guarantee it'll be a day one Xbox Game Pass release, as InXile Entertainment is a first-party Xbox studio. We're looking forward to learning more!
Liking the sound of this, or are you not interested in an FPS RPG? Give us your thoughts down below.
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sighs I’m really getting sick of all the new Xbox titles being First Person.
Colour me excited 😁
Man, Microsoft is all in on Unreal Engine 5!
I think it's interesting that Sony has made such an investment in Epic Games given that pretty much all of Sony's exclusive titles use in-house technology.
I mean, unless Sony's stake in the company has some kind of financial perk for the company, I don't even understand why Sony bothered - it doesn't use it's technology (at least not for games. Maybe Sony's movie studios use it?).
I can't think of a single game Sony has made that uses Unreal Engine at all.
Microsoft has at least 3 studios using Epic's latest technology - The Coalition, Ninja Theory, and InXile Entertainment.
cool the view point is what has always put me off wasteland
Elder Scrolls
Fallout
Starfield
Outer Worlds
Avowed
InXile FPS RPG
That's an impressive list
@mousieone
Same for me.
@GamingFan4Lyf Days Gone is built on Unreal Engine 4 but I think that’s it.
@Senua Wow, I didn't know that (or maybe forgot). Great game, though! Playing in 60fps on PS5 is fantastic.
@SegataSanshiro I mean, it's a smart business decision; but it's clearly about the money and not the technology itself (not criticizing, business is business).
@Richnj IOs Project Dragon)
With both Obsidian doing FPS RPGs (Outer Worlds) and InXile, and it probably being safe to assume Starfield will be one as well (unless they're all Klingon-type spacefarers inexplicably fighting with bladed weapons), it seems like maybe all these series might end up stepping on each others' toes a bit. I dunno.
InXile's going to have to cook up a really, really visually interesting & unique world to make sure their new game stands on its own and has big appeal is all I'm saying. And even then, how unique can Microsoft let them get - have you ever seen Obsidian's Stormlands? That was cancelled by Microsoft, but it looked & sounded way more unique than Avowed's traditional western fantasy. I hope Microsoft isn't discouraging going TOO wild with ideas in favor of polishing up the ol' tried-and-true tropes of the cRPG genres...
Guess we'll just have to wait and see more on this one.
Sounds great! I love a good FPS/RPG. Looking forward to more details!
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