Viktor Antonov, famed art director of hit gaming titles like
Half-Life 2 and
Dishonored, is rumored to be creating a new single-player shooting game based on the
Dark Souls-like genre. This started allegedly due to a job posting on LinkedIn that has since been taken offline after going viral around 8 a.m. PT.
The job post came from
Eschatology Entertainment, a company that is headed by CEO Fuad Kuliev, with Viktor Antonov as the Visual Director. After someone posted the job listing on the
gaming leaks Reddit, it was seemingly taken offline before anyone could get a screenshot. As of writing, there are currently no job listings for the company on LinkedIn or its website.
More details about
the project can be found on the company’s website, although it’s more of a pitch than an accurate sense of what the gameplay will be like. There are a few tags that give a better idea though, including:
- AAA
- Apocalyptic West
- FPS
- Hardcore
- Narrative
- Souls-like
The description of the developer’s first title is of a gunslinger who’s trying to understand who he is while struggling through a “world enveloped in hellfire and on the verge of destruction.” The job posting was for a “studio head level designer,” which likely means someone with considerable experience. If the company is seeking to create an AAA-level title, it would need someone with that experience.
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