Wizard of the Coast and Atomic Arcade‘s upcoming GI JOE game features an open world with sandbox gameplay, based on the latest information.
According to a job listing for the position of Senior World/Level Designer at the new game development studio known as Atomic Arcade, the AAA GI JOE title featuring the legendary character Snake Eyes as protagonist will be set in an open world sandbox environment. Though, it is also suggested that the game will include linear sections.
The job description also suggests that this upcoming AAA GI JOE title is being developed using Unreal Engine, though it isn’t specified whether it is the latest iteration, Unreal Engine 5. Another job listing for the position of Senior Gameplay Designer also reveals that the game is a third-person action adventure game, and that it may feature RPG mechanics.
The listing mentions that Atomic Arcade is led by industry veterans from AAA game and film studios. The studio is currently in the process of staffing up its development team with talent to build its first multi-platform, AAA game. It is described as a bold and contemporary new take on the GI JOE universe.
Last year, in its first development update for the GI JOE title, Atomic Arcade had shared that it had moved out of the Concept phase of development after sharing its progress with the leadership at Wizard of the Coast. At the time, the studio had entered the Pre-Production phase of development, which involved getting the game and team ready for full Production, working on finalizing development pipelines, identifying and hitting visual and performance targets, and culminating in a vertical slice milestone that will demonstrate a final quality cross-section of gameplay loops, technology, features, mechanics, art, and audio that will be part of the final version of the game.
