Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has described upcoming PC online game Fortnite as "Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead."
Speaking at Develop this week, reported by Eurogamer, Sweeney explained that Epic has morphed from a studio that focuses on one major title at a time to an outfit with its eyes on multiple projects of varying scale.
"Now we're building several games at different scales. We're building Fortnite, a PC online game which is a fun, sort of Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead," Sweeney said. "It's a 35-person team. It's not aiming to beat Call of Duty in terms of graphics. It's more of a Pixar art style and a limited project in scope, just aimed at fun as opposed to massive breakthroughs in scale."
Overall, Sweeney explained that by branching out and working on smaller projects alongside major ones, Epic Games' vision is to "master development at every scale."
"We're building a bigger, triple-A shooter project that hasn't been announced yet," he said. "And we've also internally started developing really tiny projects with two or three guys working together as a team for a few months in small scale game development."
"It's really cool. We're testing our development at all scales and learning it as we go. We're trying to master development at every scale."
Fortnite is due out later this year only on PC, though Epic Games has not provided an update on the game in some time after it had no presence at E3 last month.
I was looking forward to this game but i really dont like minecraft :/ hopefully its not too much like it
If its not Unreal Tournament 4, dont really care to be honest....... harsh I know but that is the only license i care about at Epic....... not fortnight, not GOW crap... the Unreal franchise which made Epic Games who they are today.....
@vackillersÂ?
I dont think unreal will ever be the same, the first was one of best fps games i have played, then it went downhill, i expect if they made another it would play like every other shooter.
Idk maybe they can bring it back, i would love to see it happen, but im doubtful.Â?
Look up the indie game Rust, its already been done.
"Beat Call of Duty in terms of graphics"
That's not exactly a hard thing to do lol
"It's not aiming to beat Call of Duty in terms of graphics."
This guy is way off, COD isn't about graphics, it's about putting a dog in your game!
@MrHatnClogsÂ?Hahahaha xD. You sir just made my day :P
@MrHatnClogsÂ?THIS GAME BETTER HAVE A DOG DLC
The concept of this game sounds like a blast. 35-man team ?!
good news from epic games but i dont get the part he said: "It's not aiming to beat Call of Duty in terms of graphics" ?!?!?!?! :D
yeahh
"We're building a bigger, triple-A shooter project that hasn't been announced yet,"
It's either Gears or Unreal. I hope it's Unreal, we need a new one badly.
@AMG i thought gears has moved internally to ms or to another ms studio
@leviathanwingÂ?@AMGÂ?Microsoft are only the publishers. Epic owns Gears.
So many talented EPIC guys left like Rod F., Mike Capps, and even Cliffy B. I'm a sad panda.
Looks like crap but....I dont expect anything good from Epic Games anymore seeing as how they aren't so Epic anymore.
Â?I've been looking forward to this game for a long time. I wish they would talk more about it instead of making it look like it's been dead.
Highly doubt this will be 1/10 as successful as Minecraft.
Looks fun! What this new shooter project be?
Im sick of building mansions in minecraft. Hurrry Please !!!
Looking forward to it :)
cant even read a article without hearing call of duty :l
I mean hey why not go for it, but that is some expensive learning. As long as i get to have some fun you'll get your moneys back :D
I love the idea iv been excited for this since the announced it last year.
.......perfect, cause I f'king hate those games.
@edant79 LOL their face went from :D to :\
Any company that tries to break away from what they're comfortable with is OK in my book. The fact that Epic sounds like they are almost developing prototypes in an, 'indie-like' manor, speaks volumes about the AAA industry.
"beat call of duty in terms of graphics"Â?
lol really COD is the only game that struck your mind when talking about graphics
Those characters seem to have some unnaturally long arms.
@FursnakeÂ?they were going for a pixar aesthetic i believeÂ?