Surgent Studios’ subsequent challenge is Undertaking Uso, an Afro-Gothic RPG

Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios informed VGC that it’s engaged on a sport that it calls an Afro-Gothic RPG. It’s impressed by video games like Planescape: Torment.

The corporate additionally stated it’s on the lookout for a funding accomplice for the sport. Studio head Abubakar Salim, an actor in Home of the Dragon who can be the inventive head behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau, has a pitch deck for the sport. That title was a sport about grief, as Salim was grieving for his personal father, and he infused an identical backstory into the character Zau. I performed part of the sport and GamesBeat’s Mike Minotti performed much more and we each loved it.

It’s an isometric role-playing sport, set within the Tales of Kenzera universe. However Salim informed VGC that it’s darker, extra visceral and gritty. It’s a single-player sport, and the artwork will likely be stylized, not photorealistic.

Surgent Studios has developed a prototype of Undertaking Uso.

The unique Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a Metroidvania sport. It was launched earlier this 12 months as an EA Authentic title, and it acquired a Metacritic rating of 76. Sadly, the corporate laid off a dozen builders and it now has put the group on maintain (discover of redundancy) whereas it’s searching for companions for the brand new sport.