2023-10-29 17:57:22
Two days ago, the server Official Discord of ’83 woke up, to announce the opening of a phase de test. And this is very surprising, because the project was announced in 2019, but put on indefinite pause by its developers Antimatter Games (Rising Storm 2 : Vietnam) in May 2022 to favor I.G.I. Origins, and even seemed definitively abandoned following the dissolution of the studio by its owner Enad Global 7, who wanted to stop the costs. As a reminder, ’83 is a 40 vs 40 game project, taking place during the Cold War, with gameplay intended to be realistic, but accessible, and a notion of a persistent battlefield.
By following the Discord link, we come back to the old one official website of ’83more first update. Just yesterday, he offered to become a tester, but this is currently suspended while previous requests are processed. We also learn that the studio in charge is called Blue Dot Games. By digging a little, we can assume that it is not internal to Enad Global 7, but rather an independent studio which would have recovered the rights. According to nos investigationsthe person who made the announcement, and director of this brand new studio created in July 2023is one of the founders of Antimatter Games, then of Kernow Interactive, who worked subcontracted on Rising Storm 2 : Vietnam. For the moment, there is no information to determine whether former developers of ’83 are in this new team. In any case, no reference to the Behavior Interactive – UK South studio can be found at this time, which suggests that the majority of Antimatter alumni will not be working on ’83.
On the other hand, a video appears on the homepage, described as pre-alpha gameplay. However, the most diligent will have noticed that the first minute is exactly the same as what was presented when announced in 2019which is not really a good sign.
From a little more than halfway through, it seems that these are indeed cutscenes and exclusive gameplay, arguably very staged. But it’s difficult to get an idea of what the game is currently. As the test phases will be under NDA, you will have to wait a little while to learn more anyway.
If the situation of ’83 intrigues you, you can always add it to your wishlist since on the Steam page to follow the project, even if it still says that it is developed by Antimatter Games, which no longer exists.
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