Former CDPR devs form studio to make samurai game in feudal Japan

pcinvasion.com:

Multiple groups of developers have departed CD Projekt Red in recent years to form their own studios, and Dark Passenger is the latest spin-off. The company just announced plans to create a Samurai-inspired adventure game based in feudal Japan featuring cooperative and competitive elements.

Details are limited at this time. We don’t even know what the game will be called. The developers were only willing to divulge the premise of what they are working towards, as well as some principles the studio considers important to its success.

“We have gained experience in the production of titles such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077. Over the last 5 years, as a RealTime Warriors studio, we have created hundreds of animations, film sequences, characters and worlds for the needs of Indie and AAA games.”

The studio’s landing page goes on to explain that “We are building an addictive, dark world full of secrets, unusual characters and conflicts consuming the Land of the Rising Sun.”

The several paragraphs we have to work with detail hints that the game will likely incorporate some fantasy elements and perhaps unnatural beings. The description mentions “the shadow world” and “artifacts hiding extraordinary power.” What exactly that means is up to interpretation.

Further comments such as characters “running after arrows fired by other players, dynamically climbing flat walls using shuko claws or using a yari spear as a pole to jump over obstacles.” Further hint at combat full of flourishes that mere mortals are incapable of.

The big bad also has something interesting going on related to mysticism or augmented power that has allowed him to conquer all of the land. The antagonist, who is currently unnamed, has the ability