GTA 5 Producer’s New Game Described Everywhere as “Real Life Ready Player One”
Details are emerging regarding the new Everywhere game from ex-Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies, confirming that it’s a AAA open-world game.
In 2018, former Rockstar Games producer Leslie Benzies announced that he was opening a new studio named Build a Rocket Boy Games. The studio’s first project would be named Everywhere, but not much was revealed about the project at the time. Given Benzies’ experience as a key part of Grand Theft Autosuccess, expectations are high for Everywhere. Now the details of the project are finding their way online, and it’s clear that Benzies and Build a Rocket Boy Games have high expectations for Everywhere as well.
The leaked details come from Galaxy Interactive, an investment company that helped fund Build a Rocket Boy Games. In a publicly available presentation on Galaxy Interactive’s website, the company shared some details about the Build a Rocket Boy Games project. Everywhere. The “creative concept” of Everywhere is particularly interesting, with Galaxy Interactive referring to the game as a “real” Ready Player One.
Loan player one of course refers to the science fiction novel and its film adaptation. In Loan player onecharacters participate in a virtual reality world filled with games, social interactions, and more, with the virtual world supplanting the real world for many people. Everywhere may not be a VR game, but there’s a clear indication that it will be a huge world filled with a diverse range of content to appeal to a wide audience.
This idea is somewhat confirmed in the remaining details revealed on Everywhere by Galaxy Interactive. Everywhere is confirmed to be an open-world AAA multiplayer gaming experience. Additionally, it will be designed to be a virtual sandbox with user-generated content. He explains that “players can create their own worlds”, supported by social and streaming systems built underneath. The description hints at gameplay similar to the games, including Minecraft, Roblox, grand theft auto onlineor even second life.
Contrary to second life, however, the description also refers to an “epic multi-chapter narrative” included in the open-world game. This seems to indicate that Everywhere will be closer to Grand Theft Auto and Great flight online that second life or Robloxwhich would correspond to the experience of Benzies.
One thing is clear, and that is that Build a Rocket Boy Games has its work cut out for it. This is a new studio apparently working on a massive game, something even veteran studios struggle with. Keep in mind that even Rockstar has been heavily criticized for its crunch culture and unhealthy work environments, despite its track record of making massive AAA open-world games. It may take years before Everywhere makes a public presentation, but both externally and internally, expectations will be high.
Everywhere is in development.
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