Mountaintop Studios is the workforce mixed of builders with Respawn, Bungie, Naughty Canine, Blizzard, Riot, Epic and extra who’re engaged on a brand new PvP FPS title the studio even teased earlier this week.
The studio’s sport director Lee Horn, who himself has each Riot and Respawn on his resume on titles like League Of Legends and Apex Legends stars in a 76 second lengthy teaser trailer that showcases loads of idea artwork for the workforce’s debut title, and declares its first PC playtest will happen later this month.
On August 25 and August 26, those that’ve signed up for the playtest and are then chosen will get an opportunity to check out this new shooter earlier than the remainder of the world.
Horn calls this coming undertaking “a brand new style evolving aggressive tactical shooter,” earlier than occurring to record sure gripes shooter gamers might have with the sport’s presently on supply.
Mountaintop Studios was first unveiled in 2020, and has been engaged on this undertaking since because it’s been buying funding. There’s already been a neighborhood of gamers who’ve been playtesting and offering suggestions, although now it appears Mountaintop is able to open issues up additional.
Which may very well be a great signal, in that the sport is getting nearer to a correct reveal. Although by all accounts, it feels like this sport can be one other shooter making an attempt to take a chunk of the free-to-play, live-service pie.
How nicely Mountaintop’s title does towards the present giants in that house, a lot of whom the builders of Mountaintop all labored on, can be fascinating to see.
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