One among Microsoft’s unannounced Xbox exclusives is outwardly a fantasy RPG themed across the Wu-Tang Clan.
There are already various rumours relating to upcoming Xbox exclusives, like IO Interactive’s dragon game and something from Hideo Kojima, however the newest one could be the weirdest one but: a fantasy role-playing sport that includes hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan.
This comes from Windows Central’s Jez Corden and GamesBeat’s Jeff Grub, who additionally not too long ago shared data on one other unannounced Xbox unique codenamed Pax Dei – a cloud native on-line multiplayer sport.
Allegedly, the Wu-Tang sport is titled Shaolin and Corden says he heard concerning the venture a couple of months in the past, though he initially wasn’t certain if it really concerned the Wu-Tang Clan or was referring to the Wutang martial art.
Corden has since acquired some extra specifics on the venture, which is able to apparently be a 3rd particular person melee targeted role-playing sport that may be performed in co-op with as much as 4 gamers.
The principle marketing campaign is anticipated to run for a pair dozen hours, however it’ll have a beefy endgame with procedurally generated dungeons. It’ll additionally obtain ongoing assist within the type of seasonal content material and occasions, with gamers in a position to collect loot, weapons, and kit.
The Wu-Tang Clan can be offering the sport’s soundtrack though it’s at the moment unclear if their involvement goes wherever past that, comparable to characters within the sport itself.
Contemplating the Shaolin title, some might assume that it might be referring to the Mortal Kombat spin-off Shaolin Monks, an action-adventure sport from 2005. Followers have been hoping to see it remade for years now, however Grubb has acknowledged that this Shaolin venture has nothing to do with Mortal Kombat or NetherRealm.
As for who might be making the sport, Corden has heard that it’s a comparatively new studio known as Brass Lion Leisure.
Whereas it has but to launch a sport since its founding in 2017, it’s comprised of trade veterans who’ve collectively labored on some main video games like Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim. Curiously, Brass Lion’s website does point out that it’s engaged on an unannounced motion role-playing sport.
The concept of a fantasy role-playing sport that includes the Wu-Tang Clan might sound reasonably weird, however the group isn’t any stranger to the video games trade. In 1999, Paradox Improvement launched a preventing sport known as Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (often called Wu-Tang: Style The Ache in Europe) that had playable characters based mostly on the group’s stage personas.
Funnily sufficient, this was a PlayStation unique and Paradox would later be purchased out by Halfway (the unique studio behind Mortal Kombat) and make Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.
A number of members of the Wu-Tang Clan would additionally seem as playable characters in all three Def Jam preventing video games by EA, alongside many different hip hop artists.
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