The Polish developer Techland has announced that it will be working on a brand-new open-world fantasy action RPG. The team is famous for being the creators of the Dying Light series and Call of Juarez, and this is quite exciting news that Techland is looking to branch out into unknown areas.
Techland revealed the news on Twitter with the tagline, “Are you ready to begin a new, thrilling journey with Techland?” They also announced that they were looking to hire new members of staff for this untitled AAA open-world adventure. Techland has quite a few positions to fill, with the company currently having 70 vacancies across a variety of areas such as art, design, development, production, and animation. You can find the link and more information on the Twitter post below.
Are you ready to begin a new, thrilling journey with Techland?We are hiring for the unannounced AAA Open World Action-RPG in a fantasy setting!Join us now! https://t.co/0yplHvELBW pic.twitter.com/MPZcv7p8iG
— Techland (@TechlandGames) May 17, 2022
What We Know About This New Techland Project
This new Techland open-world fantasy game already has a highly skilled team, consisting of former CD Projekt Red staff, like the director for their open-world games Bartosz Ochman, the narrative director Karolina Stachyra, and narrative lead Arkadiusz Borowik, all of whom have worked on The Witcher series.
But that’s not it for this exciting open-world fantasy, Techland has also brought the creative director of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Mad Max, the lead game designer of Deathloop, and the lead animator of Horizon Zero Dawn. It’s like The Avengers of the game world have united for this one project.
Dying Light 2 was the most recent game to come from Techland, and the problems they have faced since the game was released have been well-documented. However, the game has gone on to sell five million copies – the huge number of patches might have had something to do with that.
Paweł Marchewka is the CEO of Techland, and he recently spoke about Dying Light 2 and this new project in a recent interview. “We’re very happy with what we have accomplished with the Dying Light franchise so far. Our journey with Dying Light 2 has only just begun because we plan to support this game for at least five years.” This is good news for fans of the series because the game still has a tremendous amount of scope.
Marchewka went on to say, “At the same time, our ambition is to work on a brand-new IP that is hugely different from what we have been doing for the past several years. We want to create a fully next-gen experience, a new open-world fantasy epic set in a sprawling land, fuelled by the skills and experiences we have gained as a team over the years.” Branching out is always fun, and with those former CD Projekt RED staff members, Techland definitely has a team capable of creating something magical.
