Thomas Mahler, the CEO of Ori developer Moon Studios, has taken to Twitter to talk about the studio's next game.
Moon Studios is currently actively working on a new game, which, according to Mahler, will be a "full-blown ARPG". Work on the project began following the release of Ori and the Blind Forest in 2015 but was given more time in the oven in order to work on Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Interestingly, Mahler initially called the Ori franchise, the studio's 'Mario', while its upcoming new title was believed to be the studio's 'Zelda', thereby referring to Nintendo first making a platformer before making an adventure game.
Ori was our 'Mario', this is our 'Zelda'.
That was my thought when I first started prototyping our new project back in 2015.
We then committed to Wisps, which allowed us to give this project more time in the oven so that we'd then be able to turn it into a full-blown ARPG.
— thomasmahler (@thomasmahler) February 4, 2023
Published by Xbox Game Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest as well as Ori and the Will of the Wisps initially launched for Xbox and PC but were later also released for the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, those on PlayStation platforms were never able to enjoy these amazing Metroidvania's. According to the Ori director, he's actually not that fond of exclusive titles, and this was one of the main reasons that Moon Studios teamed up with Take-Two Interactive’s indie label, Private Division back in 2020.
That was the main reasons we signed this title with @PrivateDivision!
Despite your name, I'm not into 'exclusives', at least for our studio. I want everyone to be able to play our games!
— thomasmahler (@thomasmahler) February 4, 2023
As for Moon Studios' upcoming new action RPG, Mahler believes that the team will be able to further improve upon the standards for open-world RPG game design set by FromSoftware's Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
"Even BotW and Elden Ring had 'empty spots' due to the way they did their open worlds", Mahler writes on Twitter. "I think we can improve that a bit 🙂 And yeah, we're definitely taking cues from Diablo 2, Ultima Online, Souls, etc. We're not making an Action-Adventure, but a full-blown ARPG!"
Interesting details from Mahler for sure. Moon Studios' next game has yet to receive a release date, but we'll update you as soon as more information comes in.
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