Ken Levine’s next game will be on PC, “sci-fi ish”

Ken Levine has spent the day mentioning one or two things relating to his next game project on twitter, which is obviously enough information to turn into news.

Recommended Videos

After the initial closure of Irrational Games in February 2014 (they began hiring again in November 2014,) Levine and a small team remained with 2K to pursue a new game project.

Perhaps of most importance, given that this is a PC site, Levine has stated that so far development has just our platform in mind:

He also says that, at the moment, there’s a sci-fi ish flavour. Can you tell that this game is quite early in development?

“Formalism” (in a Kubrick/Wes Anderson sense) is cited as an influence too, if you can figure out what that might mean.

At various other points he rules out a “Telltale games style” and points people towards the impressions piece he wrote about the player-driven narrative of Shadow of Mordor. He was impressed by the manner in which that game handed players the narrative reins in terms of how to dispatch the various Orc war-chiefs.

Apparently this game will not be shown at E3, because “that’s not the way we want to share it with people.”

For a more tangible idea of the sorts of design structures Levine is currently interested in, it’s worth watching his “Narrative Legos” talk from GDC 2014.


PC Invasion is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more
related content
Read Article Dragon’s Dogma player discovers a problem with NG+ Pawns being a little overpowered
Dragons Dogma player discovers a problem with NG+ Pawns being a little overpowered
Read Article Dragon’s Dogma 2 player receives both Prey for the Pack quest endings
Prey For The Pack Dragon's Dogma 2
Read Article Baldur’s Gate 3 player found a rare letter from Alfira to the Dark Urge
Baldurs Gate 3 Player Found A Rare Letter From Alfira To The Dark Urge
Related Content
Read Article Dragon’s Dogma player discovers a problem with NG+ Pawns being a little overpowered
Dragons Dogma player discovers a problem with NG+ Pawns being a little overpowered
Read Article Dragon’s Dogma 2 player receives both Prey for the Pack quest endings
Prey For The Pack Dragon's Dogma 2
Read Article Baldur’s Gate 3 player found a rare letter from Alfira to the Dark Urge
Baldurs Gate 3 Player Found A Rare Letter From Alfira To The Dark Urge