Neil Blomkamp talks about the game he is working on, Cyberpunk Battle Royale

A big fan of video games in his (now rare) free time (for reference, he had to adapt the game Halo), who admitted that he had borrowed Half life 2 Designing some of his 9th precinct weapons, he created the structure Oats Studios in 2015, under which he created impressive SF-focused short films.

Their peculiarity is that they are especially produced both in CGI, sometimes in live action, as well as using a tool, Unity, which is well known to players because it is one of the most popular games in the video game industry.

This is an old story between Neil Blomkamp and the world of video games. But the filmmaker took a new step and joined (except that he retained his work at Oats Studios in July 2021) at the German development studio Gunzilla Games as Chief Vision Officer. A position in which the stakeholder should bring their expertise and overall vision to the projects developed by the studio.

The game developed at the time was advertised as AAA Multiplayer; Without further specification. We know more now. Under the title Network shutdownThis will be the Cyberpunk Battle Royale, announced in 2023. The title should represent three opposing factions / corporations that will clash on a futuristic tropical island.

Here is the game teaser ..

Given the game genre, Battle Royale, one might legitimately wonder what Blomkamp could bring to such a title. In an interview with the site GamesSpotHe explains his intentions: “The approach is to enter the story so that players can engage directly with Battle Royale, or have the opportunity to dive into the story and script missions as if you were following a campaign narrative. Mode “.

I will add a little: “I think the idea of ​​a bigger story is told from different perspectives Definitely key. “One of the things that really comes to the surface is the idea of ​​creating an incredibly deep narrative and a kind of history of how this place came to be.” So continue …