Minecraft plus No Man’s Sky appears to be a completely scorching style mash-up proper now, and Romanian studio Atypical Video games is getting in on the development with its upcoming multiplayer sport Cubic Odyssey, revealed by Struggle Thunder studio Gaijin Leisure. The devs name it an “an open-world journey the place a participant explores vibrant planets, crafts instruments, builds autos, takes on various quests, and fights the Crimson Darkness because the epic story of saving the galaxy unfolds earlier than them.”
“Cubic Odyssey begins proper after a crash touchdown on the floor of a distant planet,” Atypical and Gaijin say. “A participant mines assets, refines supplies and builds every part from instruments and outposts to autos and starships that give entry to free exploration of the galaxy. Each star seen within the sky or area is the sunshine of a star system. Every star is orbited by planets crammed with life, with shifting day-night cycles, bustling NPC cities, pirate outposts, and harmful ruins ready to be found.”
“The last word aim is to cease the Crimson Darkness, a galactic an infection that mutates wildlife, consumes planets, and threatens all residing beings. […] The sport options seamless floor, air, and area traversal, with a quick slice of this expertise proven in an announcement trailer. Expertise warp jumps between star programs, cruise at a blazing quick velocity between planets, use the planetary speeders to journey on planets, and discover the underground caves on foot.”
Undoubtedly check out the graphics, because it leans extra on the voxelbox Minecraft aspect than the NMS retrofuturist realism aspect.
Observe this isn’t actually an MMO; at one level within the PR, Gaijin calls it a “single participant premium sport” however later mentions it has the “optionally available co-op” you’d anticipate from a sport like Minecraft or No Man’s Sky: “Gamers can be a part of forces with others in an optionally available co-op mode to take down large enemies, provoke orbital laser strikes, or construct cooperative megastructures.” Likewise, on Steam, the sport is flagged single-player with LAN co-op and particularly refers to “enjoyable co-op gameplay.”
Anticipate it on PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X|S later this yr.