Amsterdam, Netherlands – December 5th, 2024 - Brendan Greene, the creator behind the battle royale game-mode, has revealed that his studio, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, is working on an ambitious three-game plan. The plan’s first step has been put into action today and includes the announcement of Prologue: Go Wayback! and the immediate launch of a free tech demo, Preface: Undiscovered World, on Steam as part of the studio’s journey toward its upcoming, massive multiplayer sandbox experience project ‘Artemis’.
Prologue: Go Wayback!
In dedication to this announcement, the studio has today launched a Steam page for the first title in the series Prologue: Go Wayback!, a single-player open-world emergent game within the survival genre that the studio will develop using its in-house machine-learning-driven terrain generation technology, allowing the instant creation of millions of maps. The studio will engage the community early in the development of Prologue with a series of playtests then aims to launch the game in Early Access on Steam in Q2 of 2025.
Players can wishlist Prologue: Go Wayback! on Steam now to stay up to date with the project and future play tests as it heads toward Early Access launch.
Preface: Undiscovered World
PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions has also today launched a free tech demo, Preface: Undiscovered World, showcasing its in-house engine ‘Melba’. Available now on Steam, this demo aims to provide users with an early look at the innovative technology that will power the subsequent titles in the series, and eventually project Artemis.
Studio founder and Chief Creative Officer Brendan Greene said “In Preface, users can witness an Earth-scale world generated in real-time by our machine learning agents directly on their GPU. This digital planet is still quite empty for now, but every person who enters it and shares their feedback, contributes to its future development.”
Players can download and enjoy Preface: Undiscovered World now and check out the development roadmap to follow the future of the project.
Project Artemis
On the studio’s final goal, project ‘Artemis’, Greene said “My vision for Artemis is challenging, but we plan to take it one step at a time and the three games aim to give us a solid tech foundation on which to scale up. After Prologue, two more games are planned for release in the coming years, each addressing critical technical challenges that will bring the studio closer to the final product. With Prologue, we aim to engage players and introduce them to the emergent mechanics and expansive worlds we’re developing.”
Join the Journey and the PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions Discord
Greene acknowledges the challenges ahead and invites the gaming community to join him and his 60-person strong studio at the start of this long journey. The PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions team is currently hard at work on the technology needed to realize this vision and is seeking gamers who are excited to share feedback, discuss, and get involved in this multi-game development process for a series of playtests in the coming months.
For more information, join the PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions Discord using the link below: https://discord.gg/playerunknownproductions
Key Links and Resources
Stay tuned for more updates and details about the technology paving the way for project Artemis using the links below.
Wishlist Prologue: Go Wayback! on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2943740/Prologue_Go_Wayback/
Download Preface: Undiscovered World now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2820060/Preface_Undiscovered_World/
Watch the latest trailer for Prologue: https://go.pp.studio/PrologueTrailer
Visit the PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions website: http://pp.studio/
Preface Open Development Roadmap https://go.pp.studio/PrefaceRoadmap
Preface Launch Community Letter https://go.pp.studio/PrefaceCommunityLetter
Check out the press kits for Prologue and Preface: https://go.pp.studio/PressKit-Dec2024
Follow PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions on Social Media
Discord: https://discord.gg/playerunknownproductions
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pp_socials
Twitter/X: https://x.com/pp_socials
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PLAYERUNKNOWNProductions
About PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions
Founded in 2021 by Brendan Greene, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment. With a team of sixty engineers and artists committed to innovation and creativity, the studio aims to develop emergent digital worlds that redefine the gaming experience.
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