Xbox: Action-RPG, Hip-Hop, Exclusivity ... an update on the Project Shaolin rumors

Game news Xbox: Action-RPG, Hip-Hop, Exclusivity … an update on the Project Shaolin rumors

Published on 10/25/2021 11:45 AM

As we know, Microsoft has significantly improved its clout in order to be able to offer many exclusives in the coming years. We are now discussing the case of Project Shaolin, whose name appeared in a recent Nvidia leak.

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What’s behind the code name Project Shaolin?
A veteran studio with a strong philosophy

What’s behind the code name Project Shaolin?

As is so often the case, we find behind the information about Xbox and Microsoft in general Jez Corden from Windows Central and Jeff Grubb from VentureBeat

. According to the two friends, this is mysterious Shaolin project would take the form Action RPG in third person view, developed by the young studio Brass Lion entertainment, playable in 4-player co-op, and exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem. So we’re talking about dungeons, a scenario of several dozen hours, seasonal content or a solid endgame.

Xbox: Action-RPG, Hip-Hop, Exclusivity ... an update on the Project Shaolin rumors

But the most original thing in this would concern the soundtrack of the game by the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. was composed, founded in 1992, voted Best Hip Hop Group of All Time by About.com in 2008 and Most Influential Group of the Decade 1994-2004 by NME. Of course that is all to take with nice tweezers

, but Windows Central seems to have been following this Shaolin project for many months and claims to have seen it in several documents. indicates that development is progressing.

A veteran studio with a strong philosophy

Brass Lion Entertainment wasn’t founded until 2017, but we shouldn’t stop at its apparent youth. Indeed it was Created by Manveer Heirwho worked on Wolfenstein: The New Order, Mass Effect 3, and Mass Effect Andromeda, and by Bryna Dabby Smith (Sleeping dogs). We currently know that the studio is working on it Corner wolves, a game that a. represents fictional version of Harlem in the 90s, and in which a young Afro-Latin American woman tries to get her hands on her father’s killer. mixing various influences including jazz culture, we should find out “Stories of young people from the neighborhood, whose lives are marked by war and drugs”.

When we arrive at the studio’s homepage, we learn more about the studio’s ambitions, the “fictional and original” universes traditionally marginalized communities. A guideline that is also reflected in the recruitment policy, Brass Lion wants to create an integrative environment in which “Creatives from all walks of life” can “come, flourish and offer unique and compelling stories”.

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