Vostok Games made a surprise reveal at the commencement of the Le What?s Next De Focus event hosted by publisher Focus Home Interactive. Their next game is called Fear the Wolves, and while it?s extremely early in the development process, PlayStation LifeStyle managed to sit down with a few members of the team to discuss what the upcoming battle royale first-person shooter has to offer.
A Stalking Background
For those unaware, Vostok Games was founded by former members of GSC Game World, who were best known for working on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of horror games. The Ukrainian development team is chiefly aware of the Chernobyl disaster, which has been the basis for plenty of artistic endeavors since the 1986 accident.
Fear the Wolves is a first-person shooter battle royale, where each match begins with 100 combatants, and ends when there is only one player or team standing. It?s the genre that PlayerUnknown?s Battlegrounds made wildly popular last year. As with any new breakout success, there are bound to be attempts to take a trendy genre and add unique innovations to it. Vostok Games is hoping that their setting in the ruins of Chernobyl, mixed with a deadly computer-controlled enemy in multiple forms, can provide enough of a differentiation to nab new players. The inspiration from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is obvious. Fear the Wolves takes place in the irradiated wastelands of Chernobyl. So while players will have to contend with one another, mutated beasts and even the environme...