Everywhere (video game)

Everywhere (stylized EVERYWHERƎ) is an upcoming open world video game developed by Build a Rocket Boy Games.

Everywhere
Developer(s)Build a Rocket Boy Games
EngineUnreal Engine
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Multiple narratives will be presented so that each player can customize of their own volition. It is set in an open world environment,[1] and will feature seamless cooperative multiplayer.[2]

Development

Conceptualized in 2016, the game started development on Amazon Lumberyard with a team of three ex-Rockstar North employees – Leslie Benzies, Matthew Smith and Colin Entwistle – numbering about thirty staff by January 2017. Build a Rocket Boy Games, formerly Royal Circus Games (renamed in October 2018),[lower-alpha 1] is developing Everywhere from studios based in Edinburgh, Budapest and Los Angeles, with the intention of offering a less restrictive experience than that of other games. It draws most of its influences from real life, according to Benzies.[2][3][4] Staff worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

In November 2020, the studio announced that it had moved development to the Unreal Engine.[6]

Notes
  1. Take-Two Interactive levied a legal warning against Royal Circus Games, citing the similarity of its acronym (RCG) to Take-Two's subsidiary Rockstar Games (RSG) as infringement of intellectual property, while also decrying their employment of Rockstar North staff as a deceptive tactic to create an affiliation between them.[3]

References
  1. Takahashi, Dean (January 26, 2017). "Grand Theft Auto V veteran Leslie Benzies forms studio to make open-world game Everywhere". GamesBeat. Archived from the original on April 10, 2018.
  2. Sarkar, Samit (January 26, 2017). "'Everywhere' is 'very different from GTA,' but still about freedom". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017.
  3. McLaughlin, Martyn (January 5, 2019). "Grand Theft Auto pioneer accused of poaching staff in court battle". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019.
  4. Dring, Christopher (February 8, 2017). "Leslie Benzies opens Budapest studio and recruits former Crytek Hungary boss". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017.
  5. "COVID-19 crisis". Build a Rocket Boy Games. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020.
  6. Borthwick, Ben (November 13, 2020). "Former Rockstar boss' open world game Everywhere to use Unreal Engine". Videogamer.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
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