Ubisoft Stockholm is working on a new IP. The firm is actively hiring for what the job advertisements describe as an “ambitious” new action video game that may have online elements and procedural systems.
The new game was built using Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine, which the Stockholm office is also using for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora which is being developed in collaboration with Massive Entertainment.
Ubisoft has reported dozens of vacancies for the project. The announcement for a Design Director states that applicants must have an understanding of the fundamentals of action gameplay and combat. They must also have “significant experience as a game designer with action gameplay mechanics (combat, displacement, encounters, game modes, etc.)”
This new mysterious game will be based on “story-based gameplay”. The job description for the Gameplay Programmer role confirms this, and further adds that candidates will “implement procedural systems that will provide narrative opportunities to the player, supporting emerging stories and memorable moments.”
Working with the narrative director and the technical narrative designer to devise, test and develop the procedural portions of the game’s narrative systems, the announcement continues.
For the moment this is all we know about this new game from Ubisoft Stockholm. There is nothing left to do but wait for new official information.